WorldcrunchSiddharth Varadarajan is a Founding Editor at The Wire. He was previously the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award and the Ramnath Goenka Journalist of the Year. He taught Economics at New York University and Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, besides working at the Times of India.
In the wake of the recent Kashmir attack, the Modi government has responded by demolishing homes allegedly linked to suspects, a move seen by some as more spectacle than justice. These retaliatory demolitions reflect a pattern of collective punishment that raises serious concerns about due process and human rights in conflict regions.