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'''''Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat''''' is an Indian, non-fiction book that covers the violence in the Indian province of Gujarat, that was targeted largely at the region's Muslim community. It is authored by award-winning Mumbai-based journalist [[Dionne Bunsha]], and published by Penguin in 2006.<br />
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==Gujarat's experiment==<br />
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This book argues that there was a "much larger politics of violence" behind the riots in Gujarat, also known as the [[2002 Gujarat violence]], and is based on the first-hand experiences and interviews of a journalist who covered this region of India during the period. Gujarat has been called "[[Hindutva]]’s laboratory", because of what some see as an attempt to use the region to engineer politics based on intense-religious strife within India and its long-term impacts on the social landscape.<br />
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Scarred also captures the trauma of the [[Sabarmati Express]] survivors, those hit by a mystery fire on a train that killed nearly 58 [[Hindu]] pilgrims, and was blamed by some as triggering off the anti-Muslim violence. This has also been called the [[Godhra Train Burning]]. But this book is also an intense portrait of refugees scarred by the prolonged anti-Muslim violence, people fighting for justice amidst fear and turmoil, unable to return home.<br />
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This book looks at "the minds of the perpetrators" and "the world they seek to construct", the "[[ghettoisation]]" and the [[boycott]] of Muslims, which have become the norm.<br />
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It raises questions such as: Was it just a burning train that sparked the communal carnage in March 2002? Why did India's political leaders fiddle while [[Gandhi]]’s [[Gujarat]] burned?<br />
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==Reviews==<br />
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[[India Today]]'s Book Club termed this the "pick of the season". In [[The Hindu]], [[C T Kurien]] has termed the book "meticulous, moving, sensitive, thought-provoking." Amit Sengupta, writing in [[Tehelka]] said: "Beautiful...Scarred is not dark, it is one assured step forward inside the darkness, to explore light... It’s straight-forward, honest to the core, <br />
a reporter’s authentic notebook on the wounds that have refused to heal." Sunil Sethi in Indian national TV network [[NDTV]]'s ''Just Books'' called it "much more than just a story but an extraordinary document."<br />
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==Authored by a journalist==<br />
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[[Dionne Bunsha]] is a special correspondent for the Indian mainstream ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'' newsmagazine, published from [[Chennai]], in South India. She has won three journalism awards for her reportage in ''Frontline'' on communal violence in Gujarat and its aftermath. These awards are the [[International Federation of Journalists]]' Tolerance Prize for [[South Asia]] 2005, the [[Sanskriti Award for Excellence in Journalism]] 2003 and the [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] Human Rights Journalism Award 2003.<br />
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She earlier worked as a reporter for [[The Times of India]], [[Mumbai]]. Apart from her coverage of the violence in [[Gujarat]], she has also written widely on human rights, environmental and social justice issues.<br />
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==Human rights, social justice themes==<br />
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Some of her other coverage focuses on themes such as abuses in juvenile homes, the agriculture crisis and consequent farmer suicides in [[Vidarbha]], environmental issues like industrial pollution, wildlife conservation in the [[Gir Forest National Park|Gir forest]], displacement due to SEZs ([[special economic zone]]s) and other projects, housing and employment problems in [[Mumbai]], public health, education and politics.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.dionnebunsha.com/ Dionne Bunsha's official site]<br />
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