When A Tree Shook Delhi

Author : HS Phoolka,Manoj Mitta
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789351940432

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When a Tree Shook Delhi by HS Phoolka,Manoj Mitta Pdf

It stands out even in a country inured to mass violence - 3,000 members of a minority community slaughtered over three days in 1984, right in India's capital. Twenty-three years on, neither the organizers of the massacre nor the state players who facilitated it have been punished, despite prolonged inquiries and trials. This massacre of Sikhs in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination has turned out to be a reality check on India's much touted institutions of the rule of law. The book seeks to uncover the truth on the basis of the evidence that came to light during the proceedings of the latest judicial inquiry conducted by the Nanavati Commission. Authors Manoj Mitta and H.S. Phoolka, perhaps the most knowledgeable voices on the subject, present an unsparing account, abounding with insights and revelations, on the 1984 carnage and its aftermath.

Author : Manoj Mitta,Harvinder Singh Phoolka
Publisher : Lotus Collection
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Communalism
ISBN : 8174365982

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When a Tree Shook Delhi by Manoj Mitta,Harvinder Singh Phoolka Pdf

The book seeks to uncover the truth behind the massacre of the Sikhs in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi`s assasination and the evidence which came to light in the latest judicial inquiry by the Nanawati Commission.

Author : Manoj Mitta
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789351160311

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Modi and Godhra by Manoj Mitta Pdf

No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage, in which over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. And none has been subjected to as much fact-finding, especially under the monitoring of the Supreme Court. Sifting through the wealth of official material, this book contends that the fact-finding - riddled as it was with ambiguities and deceptions, gaps and contradictions - glossed over crucial pieces of evidence, and thereby shielded the powers that be. Though it gave a clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2012, the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) left unasked a range of key questions on the anti-Muslim violence following the burning of a train in Godhra carrying Hindutva activists. How could Modi claim, Manoj Mitta asks, to have been unaware, for nearly five hours, of the first post-Godhra massacre, which took place at Ahmedabad's Gulberg Society? How does this claim square with his admission that he was tracking the violence as it unfolded? Why did Modi take five days to visit riot-affected areas in Ahmedabad and a month to meet Muslim victims in a refugee camp? Why were forensic experts called to see the burnt Godhra coach only after two months, although it had been open to the public throughout that period? What exactly did Modi celebrate in his Gaurav Yatra, which he launched within six months of the carnage? Why did the Gujarat police sit for six years on the call data records of the riot period? Scrupulously researched, The Fiction of Fact-finding draws telling parallels between Gujarat 2002 and the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in Delhi to underline an insidious pattern in Indian democracy: the subversion of the criminal justice system, under a shroud of legal platitudes, by the ruling dispensation.

Author : Jarnail Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788184755169

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I Accuse... by Jarnail Singh Pdf

‘If people have lost their lives in a storm, it is a different matter; but how can a massacre be forgotten? Especially when there’s been no justice?’ The three days of 1984, when over 3000 Sikhs were slaughtered, have indelibly marked the lives of thousands more who continue to exist in a twilight of bitterness and despair. It was outrage at this state of affairs that led Jarnail Singh—an unassuming, law-abiding journalist—to throw his shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a press conference in New Delhi. He readily acknowledges that this was not an appropriate means of protest, but asks why, twenty-seven years after the massacres, so little has been done to address the issues that are still unresolved and a source of anguish to the whole community. I Accuse . . . is a powerful and passionate indictment of the state’s response to the killings of 1984. By exploring the chain of events, the survivors’ stories and the continuing shadow it casts over their lives, Singh seeks answers to some relevant questions. Who initiated the pogrom and why? Why did the state apparatus allow it to happen? Why, despite the many commissions and committees set up to investigate the events, have the perpetrators not been brought to book? Because, finally, 1984 was not an attack on the Sikh community alone; it was an attack on the idea at the very core of democracy—that every citizen, irrespective of faith and community, has a right to life, security and justice.

Author : Sanjay Suri
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9351770702

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1984: The Anti-Sikh Riots and After by Sanjay Suri Pdf

Sanjay Suri was a young crime reporter with The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on 31 October 1984. He was among the few journalists to experience the full horror of the anti-Sikh violence that followed and carried on unchecked for the next couple of days, while the police looked the other way. He saw a Congress MP demanding the release of party workers who had been arrested for loot. He had a narrow escape from a gang of killers while out reporting. He later filed affidavits that included eyewitness accounts relating to two Congress MPs, and confronted former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at an election rally. Suri also testified before several commissions of inquiry set up to investigate the massacres-though very little came of these. In this book, he brings together a wealth of fresh revelations, arising from his own experiences, and from extensive interviews with police officers then in the front line of facing the violence. Humane but chilling, Suri's account is backed by a thorough examination of existing records and the provisions of the Indian legal system. Taking a close look at the question of the Congress hand behind the brutalities and why the survivors continue to wait for justice even thirty years later, 1984: The Anti-Sikh Violence and After remains urgent even today. It combines expert reportage with gripping recollections to tell a riveting story, leaving us disturbed and moved in equal measure.

Author : Bhira Backhaus
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429964814

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Under the Lemon Trees by Bhira Backhaus Pdf

A beautifully written debut novel of a young Indian woman struggling between embracing her heritage and fitting in as an American In Oak Grove, California, 1976, there are as many Sikh temples as Christian churches, the city council has prints announcements in both English and Punjabi and the large Indian immigrant community is gracefully coexists with the old farming families. But for 15-year-old Jeeto, figuring out where she fits best—and what she must do to find that fit—isn't so easy. Jeeto soon realizes that the women around her do far more than drink tea on balmy California afternoons—their traditions and religion give shape to fortune and destiny in a world of arranged marriages and strict family politics that force Jeeto to struggle with reconciling the possibilities of freedom and love. In the tradition of Jhumpa Lahiri and Arundhati Roy, Under the Lemon Trees is poised to speak to this same audience in an historically successful market. A stellar debut from an acclaimed writer, this is a story about finding love and discovering a true home while navigating traditions, family and faith—part Bend it Like Beckham, part Monsoon Wedding, this is a cultural and romantic tour de force.

Author : Jim Butcher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 044101268X

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Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher Pdf

In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own... For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Alerans’ most savage enemy—the Marat horde—return to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war...

Author : Sonia Faleiro
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780345816702

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The Good Girls by Sonia Faleiro Pdf

A shattering, utterly immersive work of investigative journalism, The Good Girls slips behind political maneuvering, caste systems and codes of honour in a village in northern India to tell the real story behind the tragic deaths of two teenage girls and an epidemic of violence against women. In the early dawn one day in 2014, a man discovered the dead bodies of 14-year-old Lalli Shakya and 16-year-old Padma Shakya hanging from a mango tree on the edge of their village in Uttar Pradesh. When the inseparable cousins hadn't returned from a walk to the fields to relieve themselves the evening before, their families had begun searching for them. Upon hearing of the discovery and reaching the bodies, the grief-stricken women of the family formed a protective shield around the tree. They knew that if their girls were taken down immediately, they would be forgotten, lost in a brutally inefficient and prejudiced system; but if media arrived, and photos of the bodies went viral, those in power could not ignore the deaths and justice would be served. Dramatic images of the Shakya girls spread across India and the world, inciting horror and despair. Padma and Lalli died two years after the Delhi bus rape, and many saw the cousins as victims of an ongoing epidemic of violence, one that was emerging in rural villages. The reality that Sonia Faleiro deftly illuminates,wrapped in pressures of caste, gender, technology and teenage desire, proves to be more complicated, and just as devastating. Intimate, mesmerizing, based on years of meticulous reportage, The Good Girls uncovers the heartbreaking truth of what happened that night through the voices of the girls' families, those who saw them last and the legal and medical officials who touched the case.

Author : Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi,Binay Kumar Rai
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Tribal Culture of India by Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi,Binay Kumar Rai Pdf

Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781408801246

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Nine Lives by William Dalrymple Pdf

A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day. LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE

Author : Kuldip Nayar
Publisher : Delhi : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015009194450

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India After Nehru by Kuldip Nayar Pdf

Narrative of political events in India, 1964-1975.

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032763339

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My Bleeding Punjab by Khushwant Singh Pdf

This Book, In Parts Unashamedly Emotional, Lucidly Traces The History Of The Problem, Detailing The Grievances And Resentments Of The Punjabis Since Independence And Touching Upon All The Major Developments.

Author : K. Govindan Kutty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UOM:39015034862360

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Seshan by K. Govindan Kutty Pdf

Biography of Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, b. 1933, chief election commissioner, India.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Castrovilli Giuseppe
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Adventure stories, English
ISBN : UOM:39015051395021

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The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Author : Elle Newmark
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416590606

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The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark Pdf

In 1947, as Britain loses its grip on India, Evie Mitchell and her husband and son are forced to hole up in a small Indian village, where Evie discovers a cache of letters that leads her to the compelling story of two nineteenth-century Englishwomen.