Much of what’s being said about the Muzaffarnagar riots is pushing an insidious and false narrative Muzaffarnagar has been quiet for a very short while, but the vultures have only grown louder. In the aftermath of the communalriots there, a familiar pattern has emerged: an oft-repeated demand for “even-handedness” in the discussion of what happened – which amounts to little more than a demand that … Continue reading The truth about ‘appeasement’ – Mihir Sharma