Here is a different view by Tufail Ahmed, former BBC journalist and Director of South Asia Studies Project at MEMRI (Washington DC), on linking the mob-lynching to Modi and the NDA government:

http://indiafacts.co.in/indias-thought-cops-are-angry-with-modi/

Also notable are the statements of Mohammad Sartaj, son of Mohammad Akhlaq, published by The Times of India and Firstpost today. Sartaj says he wants justice, not politics over his father's killing:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dadri-lynching-We-want-justice-not-politics-says-Akhlaqs-son-Sartaj/articleshow/49250333.cms

http://www.firstpost.com/india/dadri-lynching-case-do-not-politicise-my-fathers-death-says-akhlaqs-son-2456684.html

On Oct 6, 2015 10:07 PM, "Audrey Truschke" <audrey.truschke@gmail.com> wrote:
This may interest list members:

The Reactionary Present, by Ananya Vajpeyi, The Hindu.

"Under a government of the Hindu Right, India is witnessing yet another phase of reaction and orthodoxy, a return to medieval Brahminical values that seek to monopolise rights for a select few and turn everyone else out of the body politic."

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-reactionary-present/article7727181.ece


Audrey Truschke
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Religious Studies
Stanford University

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