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Remembering the Past Critical Perspectives on the Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984

Remembering the Past Critical Perspectives on the Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984

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Author:Edited by Ishmeet Kaur Chaudhry Foreword by Amritjit Singh
ISBN 13:9789354425844
Binding:Softcover
Language:English
Year:2025
Pages:244pp., 21.6cm
Published On:20th August 2025
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology/Social problems Social welfare

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CONTENTS: Abbreviations, Foreword by Amritjit Singh, Acknowledgments, Introduction. In a Discordant State: 1984 and its After-Life-Ishmeet Kaur Chaudhry, PART 1: REVISITING 1984: HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE: 1. Multiple Narratives of 1984: The Importance of Remembering-Nandita Haksar, 2. Enduring Exile and Lasting Loss: The Widows of the 1984 Delhi Carnage-Yasmeen Arif, PART 2: ORAL NARRATIVES AND COMMEMORATION: 3. Engaging with Oral Narratives: Contextualising the Dialogue on 1984-Anshu Saluja, 4. The Politics of Possibility in the Commemoration of Trauma-Anne Murphy, PART 3: SHORT STORIES: 5. Demonising the Dear: Identity and Violence in Vaasanthi’s The Silent Storm-Amutha Charu Sheela, 6. It was a Dog’s Life: Evocation in Gurvinder Singh’s Movie Chauthi Koot-Jasmine Anand, 7. Trauma and Restitution, the Healing Power of Compassion: A Psychoanalytical and Cinematic Analysis of Kaya Taran-Diamond Oberoi Vahali PART 4: EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES: 8. A Personal Account of 1984-Uma Chakravarti, 9. The Broken Middle-Dilip Simeon, Notes on the Contributors, Index.