Modi the Messiah?

101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.




In an old Muslim cemetery surrounded by the fallen vines of Banyan trees, Pathan Mohammad Mahrouf stood over the grave of his wife and two children.

"It feels like they're still with me," he said looking down at the mound of dirt. "It feels like I'm sitting with them."

It has been 12 years since they were murdered, burnt alive by a rampaging mob of Hindu vigilantes. His wife Bilqis, along with his daughter Kherun Nisha, 14, and son Hamid, 10, were among the first victims of the 2002 communal riots in India's Gujarat state. They were attacked by a Hindu mob seeking retribution for the death of almost 60 Hindu pilgrims in a train fire started by Muslims.