'Lynchistan' Narrative On Mute After Two Lynching Incidents In Punjab Over Sacrilege Accusations скачать в хорошем качестве

'Lynchistan' Narrative On Mute After Two Lynching Incidents In Punjab Over Sacrilege Accusations

One of the terms a section of Indian media filled itself with post 2014 was ‘lynching’. In the United States, the term is associated with the inhuman beating and killing of African-Americans by white supremacists, including by those belonging to racist organizations like the Ku-Klux-Klan (KKK), particularly during the civil rights movement. Introducing the word ‘lynching’ in the context of cattle-smuggling-related crimes, and then presenting them with communal overtones, was one of the prime narratives of a section of the media against the Modi government in its previous term. The campaign saw top media barons frequently using terms like ‘Lynchistan’. White supremacists lynching African-Americans is a well-documented part of American history. So, 'lynching' necessarily brings to mind the image of a person/s brutally attacking another. When the same template is applied to India, white supremacists are replaced by the Hindu ‘right-wing’. Here, it should be pointed out that it was a series of ground reports from Swarajya which brought out the terror of cattle smugglers and the struggle of cattle-owners and put the events in perspective. However, when at least two lynchings have happened in Punjab in the last 24 hours, one finds a strange silence from the very sections which were furthering the 'Lynchistan' narrative. It is not the first time that a human life has been lost because of the ‘desecration’ of the Holy book. #Lynching #Punjab #Amritsar #Sacrilege #MobLynching #Narrative #Media #CattleSmuggling Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube. Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com... Website: https://swarajyamag.com/ Twitter:   / swarajyamag   Facebook:   / swarajyamag