Muzaffarnagar riots: in the violence, signs of careful political design
The village of Fugana, like so many in the sugarcane belt of Western Uttar Pradesh, has been prosperous, but for the most part, it was a quiet one, with few flashpoints between the Hindu Jats who form the majority and a few hundred Muslim families, who work their fields. The white-hot signs of how that changed this weekend are everywhere today - in the smattering of burnt down shops, abruptly untenanted homes, and the amputated activity in the streets. "Before this, everything was ok," says Tham Singh, the Jat pradhan of Fugana.
