In late February, Muslim localities in the Indian capital came under attack from Hindu mobs. Over 40 people died; the damage to property and livelihoods was extensive. As Delhi burned, US president Donald Trump was fraternizing with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in a state banquet just a few kilometres away. Earlier, when asked about his position on the violence in Delhi, Trump had said he did not discuss ‘individual attacks’ and those were ‘up to India’.
The violence in Delhi was a politically instigated majoritarian attack against Muslims, who have been indefatigably protesting anti-Muslim measures brought in by Modi’s rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party-led government.
