Author: Manoj Mitta
H S Phoolka/
Publisher: Roli Books
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 221
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788174366191
Description
It stands out even in a country inured to mass violence – 3,000 members of a minority community slaughtered over three days in 1984, right in India’s capital.
Twenty-three years on, neither the organizers of the massacre nor the state players who facilitated it have been punished, despite prolonged inquiries and trials.
This massacre of Sikhs in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination has turned out to be a reality check on India’s much touted institutions of the rule o law.
The book seeks to uncover the truth on the basis of he very evidence that came to light during the proceedings of the Nanavati Commission.
Authors Manoj Mitta and HS Phoodkar, perhaps the most knowledgeable voices on the subject, present an unsparing account, abounding with insights and revelations, on the 1984 carnage and its aftermath.
Contents
Preface
PART I - UNCOVERING THE ‘TRUTH’
Dateline New Delhi
Forebodings
Disarming Tactics
Block 32
Plight of a War Hero
A Tale of Two Gurdwaras
Masterly Inaction
Rape in the Time of Mourning
Under the Army’s nose
False hero
PART II - THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE: AN
INSIDE ACCOUNT
Personal Fallout
The beginning of the Struggle
Clubbing the Good with the Bad
A Farce of an Inquiry
Withdrawal
Further Cover-up
Turning Point
Pitched Battles
Travails of Leaders
A Fresh Inquiry
Late Impact
Small Mercy
Epilogue
Annexure