
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 |
About the Book
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.
