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Justice before Reconciliation Negotiating a ‘New Normal’ in Post-riot Mumbai and Ahmedabad
By Dipankar Gupta
Copyright 2011
200 Pages
by
Routledge India
200 Pages
by
Routledge India
200 Pages
by
Routledge India
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The book explores how Muslims in Mumbai and Ahmedabad coped with the aftermath of the violence directed against them in 1993 and 2002 respectively, and how they responded to the ethnic carnages of which they were the victims, highlighting the importance of the context and the history of the place where such violence occurred.
Unlike other studies on ethnic violence which have a short-term... Read more
List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgement 1. Citizens or People: Majoritarian Politics in India 2. A Contested Normal: What Happens Afterwards? 3. By-passing Development: Livelihood Responses of Riot Affected Muslims 4. Social Rehabilitation: Justice or Forgiveness 5. Lessons Learnt: Majoritarian Politics and Democratic Equality 6. Summary and Policy Options: Placing the Citizen in the Centre. Appendix I: Annotated Bibliography. Appendix II: The Politics of Gujarat: Getting the Facts Right, Examining the Saffron Wave: How did the People Vote? Disaggregating Modi’s Appeal: Countering Hindutva, Behind the Miracle: Gujarat over the Long Term. About the Author. Index .
Biography
Dipankar Gupta is currently Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
