Republic of fear

August 24, 2012 16:15

First came the terrible and unfortunate violence in Assam between indigenous Bodo Tribals and illegal Bangladeshi Muslim immigrants which left 75 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. Then came the reports of violence from Mumbai, Lucknow, Allahabad and other places where unruly mob ostensibly fighting for the condition of Muslims in Assam and Myanmar, fought pitched battles with police, burnt vehicles and damaged public property with scant regard for law and order.

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