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Veg Only: New Diktat in Gujarat’s Cities

Veg Only: New Diktat in Gujarat’s Cities

By Neeraj Shetye, MSc Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice Ahmedabad is the new addition to the list of cities in Gujarat that has started a crackdown on the so-called ‘illegal stalls’ selling non-vegetarian food. Before this, the civic bodies in Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Junagadh had launched similar campaigns.

Gujarat, 2002: The Semantic Limitations of the Word ‘Riot’

Gujarat, 2002: The Semantic Limitations of the Word ‘Riot’

Atika Dawood, BA Arabic and Linguistics Trigger Warning: (Sexual) violence against women and children The spectre of the 2002 Gujarat Riots has re-emerged following the landslide victory of Narendra Modi early last year. The ‘riots’ began when 59 Hindu pilgrims died after a train carrying them was set on fire.