A memorable month - Indian Express - Indian Express

So many events and anniversaries crowd in at the same time. The twentieth anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition to remind us of the days when India was deeply divided. The poison injected into the political life by the Babri Masjid demolition led to riots in Mumbai, killing scores of Muslims in open daylight with impunity and no redress yet. The Babri poison reached out as far as ten years later in Godhra and the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat where we are still waiting for closure. The CBI has yet again failed to turn up in court to stiffen its case against some well-known personalities but then that may be one kind of closure the powers-that-be want. Infinite delay in punishing the powerful is the hallmark of Indian justice.
It is also the fifty-third anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the one personality whose reputation has soared each year as India comes to term with the deepest wound in its social fabric

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