Shaheen Bagh and the Idea of India: Writings on a Movement for Justice, Liberty and Equality
- New Delhi Speaking Tiger Books LLP 2020
- 294p illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm
Contributed articles.
Introduction: the idea of Shaheen Bagh -- Timeline of a protest -- part One. Ground reports from a protest -- Women, violence and democracy / If on a winter's night, azadi...--fragments; December 2019 to mid February 2020 / I found my country in Shaheen Bagh / How Shaheen Bagh became a symbol of dialogue and solidarity / The message / Mahatma Gandhi would have approved / Occupying streets: women in the vanguard of the anti-CAA struggle / Muslim hain hum watan hai Hindustan humaara / Rokeya's children in Park Circus / The Shaheen Baghs of Uttar Pradesh / Why women are at greater risk with NPR/NRC / Children in protests and children who protest / Muslims amidst the storm of Hindutva: how Muslims are creating a new vocabulary of secularism for Indian democracy / Who is afraid of the Indian citizen? / The light of Shaheen Bagh / Terror and its aftermath / Dissent is contagious / Afterword / Seemi Pasha -- Sarover Zaidi and Samprati Pani -- Mustafa Quraishi -- Zeyad Masroor Khan -- part Two. The idea of Shaheen Bagh -- Nayantara Sahgal -- Harsh Mander -- Zoya Hasan -- Nizam Pasha -- Nazes Afroz -- Subhashini Ali -- Renuka Vishwanathan -- Enakshi Ganguly -- Sharik Laliwala -- Nandita Haksar -- Apoorvanand -- part III. A riot, a witch-hunt -- Seemi Pasha -- Anirban Bhattacharya -- Seema Mustafa -- Notes on the contributors.
Includes verses in Bengali and Hindi, with English translation; Bengali and Hindi in Latin script.
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India. Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.
Citizenship--Political aspects--India. Protest movements--India--Delhi. Muslim women--Political activity--India--Delhi.