Just Outside Delhi, a Picture of Destruction, and Fear

Photographs from Atali village tell their own story

Meenu's house, with its destroyed roof, Atali village, Ballabhgarh, Haryana Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Meenu’s house, with its destroyed roof, Atali village, Ballabhgarh, Haryana Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Meenu with family and neighbours from Atali village. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Meenu with family and neighbours from Atali village. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Shakir Ali, at whose place people were gathering to offer evening namaz. His house and two cars were burnt down. Atali village, Ballabhgarh, Haryana. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Shakir Ali, at whose place people were gathering to offer evening namaz. His house and two cars were burnt down. Atali village, Ballabhgarh, Haryana. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Police crossing a burnt and broken house on the approach road to the mosque, Atali village. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Police crossing a burnt and broken house on the approach road to the mosque, Atali village. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Hasnu Khan, one of the Muslim residents of Atali village injured in a communal attack on 25 May, lies in his hospital bed in Ballabhgarh. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Hasnu Khan, one of the Muslim residents of Atali village injured in a communal attack on 25 May, lies in his hospital bed in Ballabhgarh. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Atali's unfinished mosque, where the attackers first appeared on 25 May. Credit: Jyotsna Singh

Atali’s unfinished mosque, where the attackers first appeared on 25 May. Credit: Jyotsna Singh