GUJARAT, ONE YEAR ON:

Times of India has two relatively upbeat pieces on the healing process in Gujarat, one year after the brutal sectarian riots that engulfed the region. One article notes the peace and healing efforts of students, some of whom are staging plays in an effort to reach across the communal and religious divides that led to the riots (and donating the proceeds to help victims and their families), and another describes rebuilding efforts in the restaurant industry. The second article has more ominous overtones: many restarted restaurants now have Hindu owners, the previous Muslim owners having sold their property and fled the area.

And, across the "Line of Control," an editorial in Dawn castigates Indian leaders for not bringing Hindu rioters to justice. Dawn references reports by Amnesty International, which you can read here, and Human Rights Watch, which you can read here. Both organizations complain that authorities have released most Hindus arrested after the riots, but have retained Muslims and Dalits.

And in a warning that should resonate outside of India as well, according to the Human Rights Watch report, new anti-terrorism laws have been employed in prosecuting Muslim rioters, but not Hindu rioters. Muslims made up by far the majority of the 2,000 victims in attacks that were facilitated and partly orchestrated by Hindu political authorities.

No reports of serious violence on the anniversary of the massacre have been noted, although there were some isolated incidents of property damage and police actions after India beat Pakistan in a long-awaited cricket match.