Tag: Assam lynching

By Shivam Vij, How many more will be lynched before the government wakes up? A single WhatsApp rumour has reportedly taken 29 lives in India since May last year, and there’s very little outrage. Nobody cares. There is, sadly, no political angle in these killings. There’s no Hindu-Muslim dispute, not even caste. There’s no India-Pakistan, no BJP-Congress, no jihad or Naxalism, no RSS or Kashmir, no statements and counter-statements by politicians. It’s not a sexy story. How many more people must get lynched to death before the issue becomes a matter of national...