2002 Gujarat Riots: Revisiting The Event Which Reconfigured India's Politics - a podcast by Where Were You When

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Where were you on 27 February 2002 as India witnessed one of its bloodiest Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat over three days prompted by the burning of a train in Godhra?





Twenty years since the Gujarat riots which led to at least a thousand deaths, there are still many questions and elusive answers about how a large-scale massacre could take place over a span of three days.





Who started the fire in coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express? Was the state complicit in the violence that followed in the aftermath?  In this episode of Where Were You When we revisit the event.



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Interviews (In order of appearance)

Jatin Vaghela, son of Rajesh Vaghela — a karsevak who died in Godhra train burning incident

Imtiyaz Khan, survivor of Gulberg Society massacre

Shama Pathan, Gujarat 2002 riots survivor

Rakesh Sharma, documentary filmmaker




Voiceover and Production: Shorbori

Editor: Shelly Walia

Music: Big Bang Fuzz

Sounds: Freesound, Doordarshan, Final Solution



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