The newly elected Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, made a jarring equation when he described his feelings surrounding the killing of 1,000 Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Illustrator Marian Kamensky captures this callous comment in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his academy award-nominated documentary, The Act of Killing, which focuses on the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966. He also discusses interviewing the death squad leaders and the culture of violence that keeps the past hidden in Indonesia.
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