Between Memory and Forgetting: Massacre and the Modi Years in Gujarat (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789382579731)

In Between Memory and Forgetting, Harsh Mander recounts the history of one of the most gruesome communal massacres since India's independence in Gujarat in 2002. This occurred under the watch of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who led the state until he went on to be elected as Prime Minister a dozen years later. Mander tells the story of the years that passed between the carnage and his elevation as Prime Minister, examining difficult questions of whether he carries guilt for the crimes, and whetheracknowledgment, remorse, reparation and justice were accomplished in the years which followed. The book emerges as a powerfully reasoned indictment of Modi's record in these years, for not just why the survivors of the carnage were denied both reconciliation and justice; but also for the rise of a series of spectacular extra-judicial killings, including of Ishrat Jahan and Sohrabuddin Sheikh. In the last section, Mander writes stories of courageous resistance to the injustice of these years, by persons within and outside government.

Author: Harsh Mander
ISBN-10: 9382579737
ISBN-13: 9789382579731
Publisher: Yoda Press
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2019
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d