Gulberg Society's dark alleys that brought ignominy to humanity threw light to some 3,000 people a decade later when they visited the spot on Day 1 of Riot Tourism in the city.
Locals, researchers, riot survivors, activists and many others from across the state, who had some or the other connection with 2002 riots, made a beeline to Gulberg Society on Monday to pay homage to the remembrances of a society that unfortunately bore the brunt of communal hatred in 2002.
However, these dark alleys that brought ignominy to humanity threw light to some 3,000 people a decade later on Monday when they visited the spot on Day 1 of Riot Tourism in the city.
According to the organisers of the event, the visitors learnt about the place and the massacre that took place there during the riots.
Gulberg Society seemed akin to that of any museum where curious visitors throng each and every house of the society and observed what was left there. While some wept openly, few tried on bravely to hold back their tears at the Gulbarg Society. Some more events have been planned at areas including Narottam Zaveri Hall, Natrani-Darpana Academy, IIM, and BSC among other locations. The events will continue till March 7, 2012.
Visitors from not only Gujarat, but outside had come to attend the event. Several students from various universities in the city also visited the place. "Students of DAIICT, MICA and NID paid a visit to the event in large numbers," social scientist Tridip Suhrud told DNA.
Suhrud has played an important role in planning the event. "It is good to see so many people coming to the event and willing to know what exactly happened here to the residents of Gulbarg Society," Vahid Khan, a riot survivor, told DNA.
Khan, who managed to escape minutes before the crowd gathered outside the society on February 27, 2002, now resides right near the ill-fated Society.
Visitor also went to other riot-hit areas including Naroda Patia and Danilimda. "We host many visitors every month who mostly come to visit the reconstruction of the riot-hit houses," a Naroda resident, Nazir Pathan told DNA.
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