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Manoj Mitta
Manoj Mitta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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History revisited: Why was Kamal Nath with a mob that burnt two Sikhs alive at a gurudwara in 1984?
Excerpts from a book that questions the role played by the newly-appointed chief of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in leading a mob in the 1984 carnage.
Manoj Mitta & HS Phoolka
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How Maya Kodnani was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison, before being exonerated
In his book ‘Modi and Godhra: The Fiction of Fact Finding’, journalist Manoj Mitta examined Maya Kadnani’s role in the Naroda Patiya massacre.
Manoj Mitta
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Narendra Modi reached out to Dalits after Una. Here’s why he can’t after Bhima Koregaon
The disruption of the anniversary has landed him in an ideological dilemma.
Manoj Mitta
Trending
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Does US have evidence of alients visiting us on Earth?
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Caste threads are spawning deadly conflicts in Tamil Nadu schools
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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Kapil Sibal says he has quit Congress, files Rajya Sabha nomination with Samajwadi Party’s support
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‘Objectionable’ and ‘compromising’: The lengths to which the CBI went to vilify Aarushi Talwar
The High Court’s findings raise serious questions about the Indian criminal justice system.
Manoj Mitta
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'While Rajiv Gandhi was killed on his watch in 1991, Narendra Modi was exonerated by him in 2012’
Meet RK Raghavan, India’s next high commissioner to Cyprus.
Manoj Mitta
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The plot thickens with the Supreme Court order on Ayodhya: Has Modi thrown Advani under the bus?
Eyebrows are raised in Hindutva circles over the role played by the CBI in reviving the conspiracy charge against BJP leaders.
Manoj Mitta
Video
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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV
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Watch: How the mahua flower shapes the life and culture of tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh
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‘When will we do something?’: Basketball coach Steve Kerr’s angry outburst on US school shooting
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Watch: UP government official fires revolver in the air, claims it was a toy gun
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Watch: These ‘upside-down’ trains transport up to 82,000 commuters a day in Germany
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‘Preplanned inhuman collective violent act of terrorism’: What Modi got away with in the Godhra case
On the 15th anniversary of the Godhra train burning, a recap of little-known anomalies in the case that changed the course of India’s history.
Manoj Mitta
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From Bihar to Maharashtra via Telangana: Brutal reminders of systemic bias against Dalits
In the year that has barely begun, a flurry of cases brings out modern forms of untouchability.
Manoj Mitta
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How this self-proclaimed pro-Dalit government has all but buried the Rohith Vemula case
Investigation has been stalled as if the abetment of suicide case hinges on his caste.
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The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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The Supreme Court has serious questions to answer on its own vacancies
Despite meeting five times in two months, the five top judges of the country could not recommend a single name.
Manoj Mitta
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Do the December 2012 gangrape convicts really deserve the death penalty?
Supreme Court’s amicus curiae points out the pitfalls of a collective punishment for murder in the absence of any evidence of premeditation.
Manoj Mitta
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The relativity of credibility: What Raj Kamal Jha should have included in his response to Modi
Is the government really blameless for the crisis of credibility faced by the media?
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The Field
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‘Devasted doesn’t begin to describe it’: Steve Kerr, LeBron James react to Texas school shooting
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Football: Chelsea sale gets approval from UK government
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HS Prannoy: Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
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‘Can’t count David Miller out, he’s always been a match winner for us’: Titans captain Hardik Pandya
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Chess: Indian teenager Praggnanandhaa stuns Dutch GM Anish Giri to enter Chessable Masters final