Includes bibliographical references.

The carnage at Godhara / Jyoti Punwani -- A licence to kill : patterns of violence in Gujarat / Nandini Sundar -- Narratives from the killing fields -- When guardians betrays : the role of the police / Teesta Setalvad -- An open letters to my fellow police officers / Vibhuti Narain Rai -- Nothing new? : women as victims / Barkha Dutt, PUCL-Vadodara and Shanti Abhiyan -- Adivasis and dalits tribals voice and violence / G.N. Devy -- The violence in Gujarat and the dalits / Mohandas Namishray -- The truth hurts : Gujarat and the role of the media / Siddharth Varadarajan, Rajdeep Sardesai, PUCL-Vadodara/Shanti abhiyan, Anil Chamaria -- Little relief, no rehabilitation / People's Union for Democratic Rights -- Apart, yet a part : ghettorization, trauma-- and some rays of hope -- The elusive quest for justice : Delhi 1984 to Gujarat 2002 / Vrinda Grover -- India's reaction to international concern / A.G. Noorani -- The dialogue of Vali Gujarati and Hanumanji / Ranjana Argrade

-- Genocide of the idea of Gujarat / Shail Mayaram -- The pathology of Gujarat / Achyut Yagnik -- Caste, Hindutva, and the making of mob culture / Ghanshyam Shah -- The VHP needs to hear the condemnation of the Hindu middle ground / Ramachandra Guha -- Where will it end? / Mahasweta Devi -- NM and Kalinga? thrice impossible, brother Gill / Prakash N. Shah -- Just another day in Ahmedabad / Gurpal Singh -- I salute you Geetaben / Siddharth Varadarajan.

Contributed articles and analysis of media reports on the Gujarat tragedy.