Tag: Bihar communal violence

By Irfan Engineer, Neha Dabhade and Suraj Nair 2019 proved to be a rather tumultuous year for India signaling unrest and violence especially communal violence. Communal violence is a broader term which encompasses communal riots, hate speeches targeting particular religious community, structural violence targeting any particular community  (Engineer, Dabhade, Nair, & Pendke, 2019). It is observed that since the BJP came into rule from 2014, there is an increase in hate crimes and discriminatory policies targeting the marginalized communities including minorities, Dalits, women and Adivasis. Though the government has ceased to...