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This Unquiet Land: Stories from India's Fault Lines

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by Barkha Dutt


  None of what I do would be possible without the fantastic, super-talented team of producers, editors, camera crew, engineers and designers I work with on ‘The Buck Stops Here’ and ‘We The People’. They have patiently absorbed my eccentricities and my over-demanding personality, and are really extended family more than colleagues. This book would not have been possible but for the fact that they always keep me standing, through good and bad. So to all of them—Juhi Tyagi, Ruby Dhingra, Noman Siddiqui, Shailander Chauhan, Mohammed Asim, Shorbani Bhattacharya, Yamini Joshi, Rohit Wellington Rajan, Manoj Thakur, Manu Nair, P. Varadarajan, G. Manjunath, Ajmal Jami, Kaushik Mani, Prafulla Mishra, Neha Kukreja, Apta Ramesh, Almas Malik, Ashish Kumar, Sudarshan, Angela Albert, Debojyoti Paul, Uma Shankar Mishra, Sonal Joshi, Aneesha Baig and Tarun Shingari—you are, quite literally, the wind beneath my wings.

  My interest in politics began with the stories told to me by my ‘Tayaji’—my second father really—who even at ninety-one still wears only khadi in tribute to the freedom movement he witnessed as a young man. He has been my best teacher.

  Finally, I owe my biggest thank you to all the people who have trusted me enough to share their stories with me—opening up to me even in moments of war, death, calamity and violence. For your willingness to let me into your lives in some of the toughest moments you have faced, I am eternally grateful. I was humbled by each one of you, I learnt from every one of you. Thank you.

  INDEX

  Abdullah, Farooq, 147-148, 153–158, 197, 198, 200, 236, 255

  Abdullah, Ghulam Mohammed, 191

  Abdullah, Omar, 157–158, 160, 170, 173, 178-179, 204

  Abhinav Bharat, 98-100

  abortion and women’s reproductive rights, 5

  Abraham, Vinoj, 34

  Adityanath, Yogi, 239, 298

  Advani, L. K., 55, 125, 128, 131, 133, 147, 197, 215, 226, 232, 237, 253

  Ahangar, Parveena, 167

  Aiyar, Mani Shankar, 228

  Akhlaq, Mohammad, 140, 239, 294-297, 300-301

  Akhtar, Javed, 137-138

  Ambedkar, B. R., 139, 264–267, 269-271, 270-271

  Ananthamurthy, U. R., 139

  Annan, Kofi, 57

  anti-Mandal agitation of 1992, 281–282

  anti-Sikh riots of 1984, 113–116

  Antony, A. K., 105

  Armitage, Richard, 75

  Arunthathiyar community, 261

  Aseemanand, Swami, 98

  Association for Democratic Reforms, 18

  Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, 167

  Ayodhya campaign, 133

  Azad, Maulana Abdul Kalam, 50

  Azhar, Maulana Masood, 147–148

  Aziz, Mohammad, 57

  Aziz, Sartaj, 242

  Azmi, Shabana, 38

  Baalu, T. R., xv

  Babri Masjid incident, 82, 130–132

  Bandukwala, J. S., 144-145

  Banerjee, Mamata, 15–17

  Banerji, Rita, 32

  Baru, Sanjaya, xvi

  Batra, Vikram, 52, 70

  Bedi, Kiran, 235

  Beg, Mirza Aslam, 50

  Berger, Sandy, 60

  Bhagalpur riots of 1989, 134

  Bhagat, H. K. L., 115

  Bhalla, Surjit, 34

  Bhangis, 275–276

  Bhanwari Devi, 6–9, 12–13, 19, 21

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 23, 98–100, 107, 117, 123, 125, 128, 131–135, 137, 140, 152–153, 155, 160–161, 181, 183–184, 192, 209, 212–215, 217, 224–226, 231–237, 239–240, 244, 246–247, 249–250, 253–254, 256–258, 268–269, 281, 283, 287, 297–298, 300–302 vs Gandhi family, 214–215

  Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, 31

  Bharti, Uma, 16

  Bhatkal, Yasin, 82

  Bhatt, Mahesh, 89

  Bhatt, Rahul, 89

  Bhindranwale, Jarnail Singh, 77

  Bhutto, Benazir, 1, 213, 241

  Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 48–49

  Blair, Dennis, 81

  Bush, George W., 73, 92

  caste and class, collision of, 262–263

  caste oppression, 271–277

  Chaurasia, Deepak, 128

  Chavan, Prithviraj, 95

  Chidambaram, P., 103, 105, 228, 286-287

  Chopra, Priyanka, 38

  Chopra, Vidhu Vinod, 191

  Chowdhury, Renuka, 4

  Clinton, Bill, 54, 59–62, 196, 203

  Clinton, Hillary, 15

  Congress party, 221–223

  Dabholkar, Narendra, 138, 140

  Dadri lynching, 294–301

  Dalit renaissance, 270–274

  Date, Sadanand, 86

  Delhi state elections, 234–235

  Dhar, S. N., 190

  Dikshit, Sheila, 14

  Dulat, A. S., 147

  Dutt, J. K., 88

  Election 2014, 220–225

  BJP, 224–225

  Congress party, 221–223

  Farooq, Maulvi Mohammed, 181

  Farooq, Mirwaiz Umar, 179, 181

  female participation in workforce, 33–35

  female politicians, 16–17

  Fernandes, George, 55-56, 76, 113

  Gadkari, Nitin, 224

  Gafoor, Hasan, 89

  Gandhi, Indira, 49, 113, 221

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 130

  Gandhi, Rahul, 132, 216–217, 220, 224, 246, 255

  Gandhi, Rajiv, 115, 210

  Gandhi, Sonia, 14, 17–18, 127, 211, 214-215, 218, 250

  Gavai, P. G., 115

  Geelani, Syed Shah, 163, 183, 204

  Gill, K. P. S., 126

  Godhra violence, 117–121, 143–144

  Gohar, Altaf, 50

  Gowda, Deve, 226

  Greer, Germaine, 1

  ‘Gudiya,’ 30–31

  Gujarat riots, 82, 124–125, 143, 231-232

  Afsana, case of, 111–112

  Bilkis Bano, case of, 112

  Sultani, case of, 110–111

  Gujral, I. K., 115

  ‘Gulabi Gang,’ 19

  Hala, John, 2

  Hale, Matthew, 23

  Harshvardhan, Dr, 235

  Hashimpura massacre of 1987, 134

  Headley, David, 89–90

  Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, 31

  Hindutva fanatics, 129, 140, 232, 235–236, 238–239, 258, 297–298 and sectarian intolerance, growing, 100, 129, 138–143, 238–239

  Hizbul Mujahideen, 77, 149, 167, 177, 184-185, 192-194, 204

  IC 814, hijacking of, 146–147

  Inderfurth, Karl, 60

  Indian Premier League (IPL), 286

  India’s anti-corruption movement, 256–258

  Indo-China War, 1962, 48

  Indo-Pak relations, 244, 248

  Kargil War, 48, 50–52, 55–72

  Kashmir issue, 48–49

  Tiger Hill operation, 1999, 43–46, 53–55, 61, 67

  institutionalized and caste-driven discrimination, 19–25

  Islamic State (ISIS), 93

  ‘item girl’ in Indian films, 38

  Itoo, Sakina, 180

  Jaffrelot, Christophe, 98

  Jafri, Ehsan, 122–123

  Jafri, Zakia, 122–123

  Jaitley, Arun, 126, 214, 231–232, 240, 247, 252, 287, 301

  Jammu and Kashmir, 126, 146-149, 155–163

  Amarnath Yatra camp firing incident, 167

  Article 370, 155, 160–161

  disappearances of people, 167–171

  Hizbul militant attacks, 192–195

  Ikhwani movement, 185–186

  insurgency, 205–208

  Kaluchak attacks, 171–172

  Kashmiri Pandit community, 188–189

  militancy in, 203–204

  Muzaffarabad bus burning, 2005, 162

  Pakistan’s obsessive-compulsive Kashmir disorder, 195–199

  social conservatism and Islamic dress code, 200–203

  split between the Muslims and the Pandits, 190–192

  Valley’s ‘half-widows,’ 164–167


  Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), 149–150, 176–178

  Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal (Caste Destruction Society), 265

  Jayalalithaa, 16–17, 257

  Jindal, Sajjan, 247–249

  Jinnah, Mohammed Ali, 46, 49, 130-132, 231

  Jones, W. H. Morris, 222

  Joshi, Murli Manohar, 131, 231

  Justice Srikrishna Commission, 137

  Justice Verma Committee, 18, 23

  Kamte, Ashok, 85

  Karachi Project, 81–82

  Kargil War, 35, 48, 50–52, 55–72, xiv

  television coverage of, 65–67

  Karkare, Hemant, 85–87, xv

  Karma, Chhavendra, 108

  Karma, Mahendra, 107–108

  Kasab, Ajmal, 85–87, 89–90, 95, 99

  Kashmir Conspiracy Case, 154

  Kasuri, Khurshid, 97

  Kaur, Ravinder, 34

  Kejriwal, Arvind, 216-217, 219–220, 228-230, 234, 255–257, 275, 300

  Khan, Arif Mohammed, 133

  Khan, Ayub, 48, 50

  Kodnani, Maya, 123-124

  Kothari, Rajni, 222

  Kripalani, Acharya, 150

  Krishnan, Sunitha, 21–22

  Kumar, Nitish, 228, 253

  Kumar, Sajjan, 116

  Laden, Osama Bin, 81, 151, 167

  Lashkar-e-Taiba, 77, 82, 97, 101, 148, 162, 175, 194, 197, 242

  Liberhan Commission, 131

  Lone, Abdul Gani, 180-181

  Lone, Sajjad Gani, 183

  Lyngdoh, James, 126-127, 185

  Madhok, Balraj, 155

  Malik, V. P., 54, 59, 63-64, 66, 69, xiv

  Malik, Yasin, 150, 176–178

  Mandal Commission, 133, 281–282

  Manning, David, 73

  Margoob, Mushtaq, 206–207

  marital rape, 13, 23

  Marwah, Ved, 115

  Mayawati, 16, 228, 269-270

  Memon, Yakub, 135–137

  Mill, James, 129

  Mills, C. Wright, 229

  Mir, Hamid, 242, 244-245

  Mir, Javed, 150

  Mishra, Brajesh, 55, 59–60, 73–74, 146–147

  Mitra, Chandan, 99

  Modi, Lalit, 215, 253, 286, 289

  Modi, Narendra, 122, 124–126, 128, 160–161, 214, 225–232, 234–240, 244–258, 268, 277, 283, 286–287, 295

  ‘Digital India’ campaign, 295

  Gaurav Yatra (Procession of Pride), 126–127

  ‘Make in India’ campaign, 236

  rift between Gandhis and, 215–216

  Mody, Azhar, 123

  Mufti, Mehbooba, 16, 186, 201

  Mukerjea, Indrani, 94, 285, 289

  Mukherjee, Pranab, 105, 163, 301

  Mukherjee, Shyama Prasad,155, 237

  Mukund, Indu, 163

  multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL), 43, 46

  26/11 Mumbai attacks, 83–96, 175

  television coverage, 92–93

  Mumbai blasts, 1993, 135–137

  Munda, Birsa, 106

  Munshi, K. M., 130

  Musharraf, Pervez, 48, 50, 55, 57-58, 60, 62, 70, 75, 97, 127, 174–176, 182, 201, 241, 248

  Muslim Personal Law Board, 31, 133

  Muzaffarnagar violence, 134-135, 298, 300

  Naidu, Venkaiah, 23

  National Investigative Agency (NIA), 98

  National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), 33

  Naxal/Maoist violence, 103–108

  Nayar, Kuldip, 132

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 130, 150-152, 154-155, 158, 221-223

  Nehru, Motilal, 150

  Nellie massacre, 134

  Nooyi, Indra, 35–36

  nuclear deterrence theory, 50, 65

  Operation Blue Star, 206

  Operation Gibraltar, 48

  Operation Gulmarg, 151

  Operation Parakram, 73–76

  Operation Safed Sagar, 56

  Operation Vijay, 65

  Padmanabhan, S., 75

  Pande, Kamal, 197

  Pande, P. C., 118

  Pansare, Govind, 100, 138

  Parikh, Firuza, 36

  Parrey, Kukka, 184, 187

  Patel, Hardik, 283

  Patel, Jaideep, 118

  Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai, 150-152, 237

  Patil, Shivraj, 91, 105

  peasant and tribal movements, 106–108

  Phoolan Devi, 20

  Poona Pact of 1932, 266

  Powell, Colin, 73

  Praja Parishad movement, 155

  Prakash, Uday, 139

  Prasad, Chandra Bhan, 270- 272

  Purohit, Srikanth, 98

  Pushkar, Sunanda, 285- 289

  Quit Kashmir Movement, 150–151

  Qureshi, Fazul Haq, 194–195

  Radia, Nira, xv–xvi

  Raghavan, R. K., 123

  Rahman, A. R., 138

  Rai, Kalpnath, x

  Raj, Udit, 266–267, 269

  Raja, A., xv–xvi

  Raje, Vasundhara, 16, 253, 287

  Ram, Kanshi, 228, 269

  Rao, Milind Joshi, 100

  Rao, Narasimha, 132, 158, 229, 277

  Rice, Condoleezza, 73

  Right to Information, 220

  RSS, 98, 237–238, 268-269

  Rushdie, Salman, 134

  Saeed, Hafiz, 82, 242-243

  Sahgal, Nayantara, 139

  Salaskar, Vijay, 85, 87

  Samajwadi Party, 135, 220, 298, 300

  Sampat Pal Devi, 19

  Sanatan Sanstha, 99, 100, 140,

  sanskritization, 34

  Sarkar, Sumit, 106

  Saroj, Kalpana, 272-273

  Savarkar, Veer, 98, 140

  Savitch, H. V., 78

  Saxena, Girish, 147

  Sayeed, Mufti Mohammad, 158–160

  sectarian intolerance, growing, 138–143

  secularism, 129–130

  Sen, Amartya, 4, 39, 217

  sexism in India, 15

  sexual trafficking, 21

  sexual violence and abuse, 3

 

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