1993 Mumbai riots: 20 years on

November 25, 2012 15:03

Siddharth Bhatia writes for the Asian Age: In less than two weeks or so from now, Mumbai will be observing a grisly anniversary, the 20th anniversary of the worst riots to hit the city in living memory.

For several weeks Bombay, as it was then known, had burnt as rampaging mobs went on a wild killing spree. Entire neighbourhoods were gutted and whole families were wiped out. Less remembered is the fact that tens of thousands of residents left the city for ever.

These included not just the poor, who lost everything, but also professionals who could not come to terms with the mayhem. For them, the riots demolished the city's ethos and values and turned it into a cauldron of hate and fear.

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