The Fields of Horror: From Bhagalpur to Bastar – India's Quiet Genocide
I. Bhagalpur 1989: A Pogrom Buried in Produce
In October 1989, the Indian city of Bhagalpur, Bihar, erupted in communal violence that would claim over 1,000 lives—mostly Muslims—and displace around 50,000. The most chilling chapter of this pogrom was the Logain massacre. In this quiet village, 116 Muslims were butchered and buried in fields used for growing cauliflower. Days later, the land was tilled, the harvest resumed, and the state moved on.
