Gujarat Files Quotes

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle  of memory against forgetting. —Milan Kundera       A”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“India is an imperfect experiment. But if we abandon the poetic idea that underpins it, this is what we will get: ‘Hindu nationalists’, ‘Muslim journalists’, and women professionals we try to defang with scurrilous lies. The”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“Now in riots who are the people who participate in riots. Poor people.…Here all the rich people were on [the] streets. Some people called up to say, “Sir, Shoppers Stop mein Mercedes mein log aakar loot rahe hain.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“If he interferes he goes, that way this fellow [CM] is clever. He knew everything but he kept a distance so he was not caught in it.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“There are various ways to cope with one’s loss. You either mourn and move on. Or you run away from it, and try to find solace in your work. I chose the latter.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“key point of the SIT report on the 2002 riots was that it affirmed that the Narendra Modi government persecuted police officers who tried to put an end to the violence in 2002 and that their persecution and hounding by the state had continued even after the riots.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle  of memory against forgetting.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“A) He’s under scrutiny [by the government] for saving Muslim lives. He saved Muslim children in a school. Not only saved but he also arrested some people and [he] arresting a ruling party member so they got him transferred from his posting.”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

“Muslims were more dominant. In 2002, more Muslims were killed. See with Muslims it’s like this. Especially in 2002 it was like this, Muslims were killing Hindus all these years so whatever happened in 2002 was a retaliation for all those years of being beaten by Muslims. And everybody across the world created havoc. They did not see the situation in which the Hindus were killed. Q) ”
― Rana Ayyub, Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up