Seeds Of Violence
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How the US Capitol riot was an instance of ‘networked incitement’ and what it says about democracy
The power of influential figures to incite large-scale political violence via social media, in this case Donald Trump, signals a grim future.
Joan Donovan, The Conversation
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From Nuh to Manipur, why the state is wrong when it blames mass violence on ‘mob anger’
An impulsive altercation or a single stone-pelting incident can, indeed, be spontaneous. But the extended spirals of violence are not.
Raheel Dhattiwala
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Every third Indian policeman finds mob lynchings a ‘natural’ response to cow slaughter
A new survey reveals the biases among India’s police forces.
IndiaSpend Team
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India needs to develop a genuine culture of civic discourse or else we will all eventually burn
If our response to a shout is only to shout harder, we have already condemned ourselves to a course at the end of which lies only violence.
Vivek Yadav
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As fertiliser riots spread across Haryana, police stations turn into urea distribution centres
Farmers across the northern state have been protesting the prolonged shortage of urea with demonstrations and violence.
Dhirendra K Jha