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January 06, 2019

Book Review: Revati Laul's 'The Anatomy of Hate'

The Hindu, January 05, 2019


‘The Anatomy of Hate’ review: Life after violence
Harsh Mander


A journalist traces the stories of three very different men who participated in the mass hate crimes of 2002

India has been the site of recurring episodes of horrific hate violence, which target people disadvantaged by caste, religious identity and gender. In all such episodes — of Dalit atrocities, communal killings, lynching, gang-rapes — we tend to imagine the perpetrators of these crimes who rape, murder and loot in frenzies of hate and bigotry, as faceless homogenous blurs of unmitigated evil. [. . .]



https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-anatomy-of-hate-review-life-after-violence/article25911256.ece