Gujarat 2002-2007: Genocide’s Aftermath - Part I

Why we cannot forget

To start with, our sincere apologies to all readers for the big time lag between the last issue of CC, "Minority Report", and the issue now in your hands. The main reason for this delay relates to the subject matter of this issue, where our prime concern has been to provide extensive information so that readers can better appreciate the nature of the "Vibrant Gujarat" over which chief minister, Narendra Modi, the "chief author and architect" of the carnage, still presides. Except for the last section, the rest of the issue has been put together by one person – Teesta Setalvad. As readers of CC are well aware, apart from her responsibilities with the magazine, as secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) she is currently handling over three dozen carnage related cases in the Supreme Court and the Gujarat High Court. It is this latter commitment that left her very little time to work on the current issue, which we first intended to publish in March. Because of the excessive delay, we have now had to take the difficult decision of splitting the special report on Gujarat, five years later, into two parts. Our apologies once again and our assurance that part two of this report will be in your hands in good time.

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