Surely the BJP has not used a large security threat as a way of shifting the dial on an election before?

Although the Union government has labelled leaders who made Islamophobic remarks as part of the 'fringe' in the face of global outrage, the anti-Muslim rhetoric is too mainstream to ignore and gloss over.

In broad strokes, the Muslims of The Kashmir Files are unequivocally shown as barbaric, or servile to a barbaric cause.

BJP leaders were affiliated with a full 18 incidents out of 89 – over 20%. Sangh parivar and other Hindutva groups account for many of the others.

The aim of these meetings is to throw down a gauntlet as a form of 'harmless' play, to see if the shock quotient can be met or escalated.

'They want to celebrate the commercial aspect of Christmas but don’t want Christmas to be there,' said John Dayal, former president of the All India Catholic Union.

The case of the Bajrang Dal leader, who recently trashed a Muslim shrine in Faridabad, shows how the network of saffron groups mobilise anti-Muslim sentiments.

The protest, which took the form of a Govardhan Puja, saw the participation of BJP leader Kapil Mishra.

One resident darkly joked that when PM Modi said 'Garibi Hatao', the people misheard – what he was really saying was 'Garib hi hatao' (remove the poor).

One resident darkly joked that when PM Modi said 'Garibi Hatao', the people misheard – what he was really saying was 'Garib hi hatao' (remove the poor).

The data suggests there is a big accessibility difference between the rich and the poor in Delhi, with significantly more paid shots and slots available than those provided free of cost.

No receipts or paper trails accompanied the many transactions residents say they were forced to make, and so they cannot be proved.

With an unprecedented volume of dead bodies, Brahmins and workers from other castes are working side by side in the crematoriums of Delhi. But caste defines every choice made among the pyres.

One year later, the mosque is still being rebuilt. The window frames are still charred.

Outsiders or neighbours, sponsored or spontaneous, one year after the communal violence in North-East Delhi, Hindus and Muslims have starkly differing views of who the perpetrators were and who the victims.

Before February 25, 2020, Ashok Nagar had little history of communal hatred. Now, a year after the only four Muslim families in the area were attacked by armed mobs shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, there is an atmosphere of wariness.

'We gathered the people of the neighbourhood and decided that nobody was going to fight.'