Killing fields: A special issue on 'mobocracy'

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Lynch mobs spurred by rumours have claimed nearly two dozen lives across the country. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar - The Hindu

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The panic that led to a mentally-ill man being lynched refuses to die down in Malda’s villages

Nearly three months since the day it attacked a group of visitors, killing one woman, this village in Tamil Nadu is yet to come to terms with its ...

The divide between ‘us’ and ‘them’ is the main culprit behind the Karbi Anglong violence that led to the killing of two young men on June 8

What spurs largely peaceful communities into a raging mob?

There is no fail-safe technological firewall against hate-mongering through WhatsApp. The change has to come from a society that acts on rumours

The panic that led to a mentally-ill man being lynched refuses to die down ...

There is no fail-safe technological firewall against hate-mongering through ...

What spurs largely peaceful communities into a raging mob?

The divide between ‘us’ and ‘them’ is the main culprit behind the Karbi ...

Nearly three months since the day it attacked a group of visitors, killing ...

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