The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday June 27th, 2022
The Brutality of “Bulldozer Justice” in India by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
It looks all too eerily similar as a method: the expulsion of individuals from their home, the demolition of said home and the punishing of entire families. All excused by a harsh reading of local regulations. But this method, used by Israeli authorities for years against vulnerable Palestinians, has become a weapon of choice for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.
On June 12, Muslim activist Javed Mohammed, a member of the Welfare Party of India, tasted such retributive justice in witnessing the family home demolished by the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA). The actions were also inflicted on two other homes belonging to individuals accused of throwing projectiles after Friday prayers. Similar measures have been implemented in Saharanpur and Kanpur.
As with all such brutal, state-sanctionedBJP thuggery, the measure is given a legal gloss in victimising the occupants. They are the ones in the wrong, without the valid construction permits, or paperwork. The PDA insists that Javed was notified on May 10 to have his illegal construction razed by June 9. But this claim was only made in a rude note that demanded he vacate the premises by 11 am on June 12.
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Once again turned back #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“On long paths, looking back is a source of reassurance and safety)
Once again my eyes go to that place;
To a square mark the sides of the heart,
Measured by a closed eye,
(I used to grope the walls of the houses and ran with my eyes closed until I reached…
I didn’t know where I got.”
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Ephemera #62 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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