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Loot and arson

In a short but brutal attack by a mob on the Muslim quarter of a Samras Panchayat village in Gujarat, hundreds of people become homeless and lose prop

ANUPAMA KATAKAM in Vadavali,Gujarat

In this handout photograph received from the Gujarat Information Bureau on October 31, 2013, Gujarat State Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi looks out at a balloon marking the spot where the 'Statue of Unity' of India's first home minister, Sardar Patel is to be built near the Narmada Dam site at Kevadia village, some 190 kms from Ahmedabad. The tribute to Sardar Patel, the first home minister of independent India, is set to be twice the size of the Statue of Liberty and four times higher than Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. AFP PHOTO/GUJARAT INFORMATION BUREAU ----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / GUJARAT INFORMATION BUREAU' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ------

A statue and its cost

The proposed 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Sadhu Bet island near the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat brings to the fore many environme

LYLA BAVADAM in Sadhu Bet,Garudeshwar,Narmada district,Gujarat

Farmers agitation in Ahmedabad in June this year over the SIRs

In the name of development

Riding roughshod over farmers’ concerns, the Gujarat government notifies a project to develop the Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region, an indus

ANUPAMA KATAKAM in Hansalpur,Vanod villages,Gujarat

Bhavnagar: Farmers attend a protest against the proposed the 6000-MW capacity nuclear power plant scheduled to come up Mithivirdi village, at Jaspara village in Bhavnagar, Gujarat on Friday. PTI Photo (PTI5_27_2011_000226B)

The great land grab

The Gujarat “development” model depends on acquiring, often forcibly, huge tracts of land and making them available at below market prices to industr

AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA in Gujarat

GUJARAT'S SHAME

Violence against the minority community continues in Gujarat even as the Narendra Modi government sticks to its stand that the situation is under cont

DIONNE BUNSHA in Gujarat

Gujarat's thirst

Distress migration of people and large-scale death of livestock have peaked. And this time the urban segments are as badly hit as the rural areas.

LYLA BAVADAM recently in Gujarat

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