MASSACRE ON THE BANKS OF THE SONE

Authors
BHATIA B
Citation
B. Bhatia, MASSACRE ON THE BANKS OF THE SONE, Economic and political weekly, 32(51), 1997, pp. 3242-3245
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Economic and political weekly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129976
Volume
32
Issue
51
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3242 - 3245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(1997)32:51<3242:MOTBOT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Hundreds of people came to watch the funeral of the victims of the wor st massacre in the history of Bihar. Millions others watch them die ev ery day - the dalits, the oppressed and marginalised people of the oth er India who are unable to live even when alive. The sudden death of t he massacre victims, which did not even allow them to cry out in pain, their ashes which shall soon mb in the sand of Sone ask a single ques tion - Why?