A group presented the findings of the report in a press conference in Delhi on Monday, which consisted of former Indian ambassador Deb Mukharji, former Union home secretary Gopal Pillai, historian Mridula Mukherjee, senior journalist and researcher Pamela Philipose, and writer and former member of Planning Commission of India Syeda Hameed.
Today marks 20 years of a fight you did not pick, a fight, which was thrust upon you, which snatched away all that you held dear to your heart .. but even in the face of the impossible, you kept fighting, every single second of each passing day.
Dr Stanton said he had warned the then-Rwandan president that “if you don’t do something to prevent genocide in your country, there is going to be genocide here within five years. That was in 1989. The genocide developed, the hate speech developed, all the early warning signs developed. And as we know, 800,000 Tutsis and other Rwandans were murdered in 1994”.
“We cannot let that happen in India.
The main question that arises is for how long Muslims in India has to see complete “othering” face discrimination, denied justice and witness Barbarity of Hindutva Terror? The role of the state since independence has been under question whenever it comes to protecting and safeguarding Muslims despite the constitutional provision. No matter who forms the government but state in India has continued to push Muslims to Ghettos and cripple the whole community socially and economically.
We aren’t trapped in one five year election cycle; we are trapped by the system itself that was put in place in 1950, no matter who runs it.
Last week on 21st December, Sanjiv Bhatt, turned 57 in jail. Here in solidarity, we are posting his poem.
Wait For the Genocide – An Excerpt From Sharjeel Usmani’s Speech
