Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Center for Contemporary South Asia

Varshney in the Indian Express: How we define and categorize the Delhi violence matters

March 2, 2020

In his March 2, 2020 Indian Express column, How we define and categorize the Delhi violence mattersVarshney compares the recent rioting in Delhi to the database he and Steven Wilkinson created for all recorded Hindu-Muslim riots between 1950-1995. Based on this data, he found that the recent riots are Delhi’s biggest Hindu-Muslim riots since 1950. Varshney discusses the larger political significance of these riots. Read the full article