Almost all journalists, across publications, who have covered the #DelhiRiots have written about how they, or others caught in the violence, were attacked/ spared only on the basis of their religion. Yet, people will say the media is biased. A thread of these reports/accounts:
(1/n) "They saw my surname - Shukla. Someone among the attackers told the others I was a Brahmin. I also showed them my 'rudraksha' to prove my religion." @ndtv's Saurabh Shukla ndtv.com/blog/rudraksha…
@ndtv (2/n) HT's Anvit Srivastava was stopped near Karawal Nagar: "They asked me if I could show anything to prove if I am a Hindu. I offered them my identity card but they insisted that I show them some religious thread, pendant or tilak." hindustantimes.com/cities/as-viol…
@ndtv (3/n) "They checked my press card. “Shivnarayan Rajpurohit, hmm. Hindu ho? Bach gaye.” Not satisfied, they wanted more proof whether I was a real Hindu. “Bolo Jai Shri Ram”. I was silent." - @IndianExpress's reporter indianexpress.com/article/cities…
@ndtv @IndianExpress (4/n) "Assuming that I am a Hindu, he added, 'What do you have to fear on the main road. Muslims should be afraid. Everyone on the main road are our people.'" Account by Ismat Ara from @firstpost | firstpost.com/india/i-was-sc…
@ndtv @IndianExpress @firstpost (5/n) "Shreya Chatterjee, a former senior correspondent at @NewsX, told @ThePrint that she was stopped from reporting on the ground. 'They were saying, this is the fight of the Hindus, support us & don’t record this, otherwise we will be in trouble'." scroll.in/latest/954291/…
@ndtv @IndianExpress @firstpost @NewsX @theprint (6/n) "When I turned back, the woman who was sloganeering, looked at me directly and loudly began the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ cry. I joined in. The man watching me backed off." @therealnaomib writes in @thewire_in | thewire.in/communalism/gr…
@ndtv @IndianExpress @firstpost @NewsX @theprint (6/n) "A mini truck, driven by a member of a minority community, was stopped by a mob. The mob caught hold of the driver... Another set of people came to the spot and started beating the driver while chanting “Jai Shri Ram”. @HemaniBhandari in The Hindu thehindu.com/news/cities/De…
@ndtv @IndianExpress @firstpost @NewsX @theprint @therealnaomib @thewire_in (7/n) "I was taken by surprise when a Hindu Sena member suddenly approached me offering to put tilak on my forehead saying it would make my work “easier”." @TOIIndiaNews photojournalist Anindya Chattopadhyay | m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/are…
