An important read for #IndiaAt75
Essays on communalism, poverty, caste, civ & human rights, gender, violence, state, justice & democracy, published by Three Essays Collective.
A Fractured Freedom: Chronicles of India's Margins 2004-11
-Harsh Mander
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Essays on communalism, poverty, caste, civ & human rights, gender, violence, state, justice & democracy, published by Three Essays Collective.
A Fractured Freedom: Chronicles of India's Margins 2004-11
-Harsh Mander
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Freedom remains bitterly contested in Independent India. Democracy works only for some, who thrive in its liberties, security and choice. Others are condemned to life-sentences variously of hunger, homelessness, stigma, fear, penury and neglect.
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In this collection of essays, written bw 2004-2011, we encounter many exiles from India’s secular democracy – children living on the streets, households battling hunger, communities battling the politics of hate; we encounter injustice & suffering, but also resistance & hope.
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In this collection of essays, written bw 2004-2011, we encounter many exiles from India’s secular democracy – children living on the streets, households battling hunger, communities battling the politics of hate; we encounter injustice & suffering, but also resistance & hope.
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These essays straddle many subjects – people and policies, books and films. Within these pages, we witness a giant nation – at once old and new, dark and shining, cruel and compassionate, unfree and free.
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These essays straddle many subjects – people and policies, books and films. Within these pages, we witness a giant nation – at once old and new, dark and shining, cruel and compassionate, unfree and free.
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The author weaves an alternative tapestry of diverse images and voices, portraying India in the early years of the twenty-first century.
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The author weaves an alternative tapestry of diverse images and voices, portraying India in the early years of the twenty-first century.
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CONTENTS [1/2]:
The essays, from the UPA era - nearly 500 pages - show the long-term, structural nature of many of the problems Indians continue to face, some of which have gotten far worse today.
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The essays, from the UPA era - nearly 500 pages - show the long-term, structural nature of many of the problems Indians continue to face, some of which have gotten far worse today.
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The book is an indictment of the fissures present in the Indian polity, society and economy abetted by several forces, a chronicle of their victims, an assessment of progress, as well as a glimpse into the author's own activism.
Harsh Mander, social worker and writer, is a former civil servant. He has taught at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; St Stephen’s College, Delhi; California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco; LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie;++
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and the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
His posts included Member of the National Advisory Council and Director, Centre for Equity Studies.
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and the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
His posts included Member of the National Advisory Council and Director, Centre for Equity Studies.
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He is the founder of the campaigns Aman Biradari (for secularism, peace and justice), Nyayagrah (for legal justice and reconciliation for the survivors of communal violence), Karwan E Mohabbat and Dil Se (for street children, and homeless people).
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He is the founder of the campaigns Aman Biradari (for secularism, peace and justice), Nyayagrah (for legal justice and reconciliation for the survivors of communal violence), Karwan E Mohabbat and Dil Se (for street children, and homeless people).
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His books include Unheard Voices: Stories of Forgotten Lives and Fear and Forgiveness: The Aftermath of Massacre.
His books include Unheard Voices: Stories of Forgotten Lives and Fear and Forgiveness: The Aftermath of Massacre.
Cover: Photograph of Bibi Khatoon, resident of Signal Falia, Godhra, whose three sons spent nine years in jail without bail, charged with the burning of the train in Godhra on February 27, 2002, and were finally acquitted.
Photo by Johanna Lokhande
Photo by Johanna Lokhande
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