Communalism gains new ground in rural India

For 29-year-old Kherunisa Qureshi, who lost her husband and two other family members in the Hindu-Muslim riots raging in Muzaffarnagar and its vicinity, returning to her village is no longer an option. A resident of Shamli district, adjacent to Muzaffarnagar, she managed to escape with her two daughters, aged 5 and 10, and with bullet and stab wounds, took refuge at the local government hospital.

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