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Aparna Vaidik

Lynching reveals India’s long history of violence, belying the idea of a non-violent country

An excerpt from ‘My Son’s Inheritance: A Secret History Of Lynching And Blood Justice In India’, by Aparna Vaidik.

Aparna Vaidik
· Feb 03, 2020 · 05:30 pm
The majoritarian victims: The history of lynching black Americans as a parable of our times

One was mistaken in mourning Akhlaq or Noman or Zahid Ahmad Bhatt, the 'beef criminals'. What one should mourn is the perversion of the souls of the witnesses of lynching.

Aparna Vaidik
· Nov 17, 2015 · 05:30 pm