6 Oct 2011

What Happens When Humanity Dies & Violence Erupts on Name of Religion?

While searching for some pictures on internet… I come across some of the most disturbing pictures of riots which taken place in Calcutta(India) during August 1946. All photographs is taken by Margaret Bourke-White. Each picture speaks it self about how much and what kind of violence happened before partition of India. This is What Happens When Humanity Dies & Violence Erupts on Name of Religion. 

 

~ STREETS OF CALCUTTA – August 1946:

Corpses lying among pieces of wood in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsCorpses lying among pieces of wood in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims2Corpses lying in a cart on their way to be cremated after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsMen adding wood & straw to funeral pyres in preparation for cremation of many corpses after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsMen unloading corpses fr. truck in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimMen unloading corpses fr. truck in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsVulture feeding on a corpse lying abandoned in a doorway after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsVultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in alleyway after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims2Vultures sitting on the roofs of a building while corpses lie below, abandoned in alleyway after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsVultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in alleyway after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsVultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in alleyway after bloody roiting between Hindus and MuslimsWomen & children waiting for food in ration line after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsSevered foot in a wooden box during cleanup of corpses after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims

 

~ TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM CALCUTTA – August 1946:

Evacuees streaming across the Howrah Bridge on their way to the railway station in hopes of escaping the city after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsFamily waiting in railroad station trying to escape city after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsPeople waiting in railroad station trying to escape city after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsPeople waiting in railroad station trying to escape city after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims2People waiting in railroad station trying to escape city after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims3Man carrying another man as they wait in railroad station trying to escape city after bloody rioting between Hindus and MuslimsPeople waiting in railroad station w. their cows as they try to escape city after bloody rioting betweeen Hindus and Muslims

 

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