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Riots

  • Video: ‘Maximum City’ author Suketu Mehta recalls the 1992-’93 riots and how they changed Bombay

    Video: ‘Maximum City’ author Suketu Mehta recalls the 1992-’93 riots and how they changed Bombay

    Smitha Nair
    · Dec 07, 2017 · 08:45 am
  • As Delhi was consumed with bloodshed during the 1984 Sikh genocide, where was the Indian Army?

    As Delhi was consumed with bloodshed during the 1984 Sikh genocide, where was the Indian Army?

    Pav Singh
    · Nov 02, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • On this day 33 years ago a genocide against Sikhs took place. A new novel explores the horrors

    On this day 33 years ago a genocide against Sikhs took place. A new novel explores the horrors

    Vikram Kapur
    · Oct 31, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Who is a traitor? An Urdu novel set in 1947 offers some answers that are relevant for 2017

    Who is a traitor? An Urdu novel set in 1947 offers some answers that are relevant for 2017

    Rakhshanda Jalil
    · Sep 26, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Arnab Goswami went to the moon before pseudo-liberal Armstrong’: Twitter laughs at anchor’s speech

    ‘Arnab Goswami went to the moon before pseudo-liberal Armstrong’: Twitter laughs at anchor’s speech

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 20, 2017 · 06:55 pm
  • The woman who lost 25 members of her family in the 2002 riots and went on to help other widows

    The woman who lost 25 members of her family in the 2002 riots and went on to help other widows

    Harsh Mander
    · Feb 27, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • How the massacre of Sikhs on October 31, 1984 created a new minority community in India

    How the massacre of Sikhs on October 31, 1984 created a new minority community in India

    Preeti Gill
    · Oct 31, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • ‘If Sardarji had been alive…’ How anti-Sikh lynch mobs changed Lachmi’s life on October 31, 1984

    ‘If Sardarji had been alive…’ How anti-Sikh lynch mobs changed Lachmi’s life on October 31, 1984

    Harsh Mander
    · Oct 31, 2016 · 07:30 am
  • Youths detained by NIA planned to throw beef inside Hyderabad temples to spark communal riots

    Youths detained by NIA planned to throw beef inside Hyderabad temples to spark communal riots

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 30, 2016 · 08:38 am
  • Who needs a polarisation panel in Gujarat anymore?

    Who needs a polarisation panel in Gujarat anymore?

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Apr 25, 2016 · 04:30 pm
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