Author: Swami Agnivesh
Valson Thampu/
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 140
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171678580
Description
This book is the product of a rare inter-religious partnership. The authors with contributors Arundhati Roy and Harsh Mandar lay before the reader the abhorrent architecture of a man-made tragedy, seen largely through the eyes of the victims; for they know the truth best.
This work is the product of a rare inter-religious partnership. The authors, pioneers in multi-faith spirituality of social engagement, have been at the forefront of the humane responses to the horror that stalked Gujarat.
The articles that comprise this volume have emerged largely from a multi-religious pilgrimage of compassion they, along with seventy other religious leaders, undertook to Gujarat in the wake of the communal carnage that erupted in that state. It is this that accounts for the power and poignancy of their response to the massive man-made tragedy in the land of the Mahatma.
The book also contains contributions by Arundhati Roy and Harsh Mandar. Together, they lay bare before the reader the abhorrent architecture of a man-made tragedy, seen largely through the eyes of the victims; for they know the truth best.
An enthusiastic foreword by former Prime Minister of India I K Gujral lends completeness to this volume.
Contents
Foreword by I K Gujral
Preface
PART I
A Temple of Tolerance
The Trail of Blood
Are We Creating an Anarchic Society? Symptoms of an emerging social anarchy
Hindutva's Moment of Reckoning
The RSS and the Minorities
No, Mr. Prime Minister - Mere histrionics cannot heal
Gujarat Riots; Naming the Guilty
A Close Shave with Modi's Normalcy
Heal Gujarat Before it is too Late
Religion, Riots and Victims
Children and Communalism
Communalism and the Crisis of Democracy
Communalism Raj and Criminal Society
Religion: Need for a National Debate
A Higher Harmony Among Religions
Religion: Remedy or Malady?
Sunset of Communal Politics
The Game is Up!
The Sword of Self-Denial
The Riddle of Peace
PART II
Democracy: Who is She Whe's at Home?
By Arundhati Roy
Cry, The Beloved Country: Reflections on the Gujarat Massacxre
By Harsh Mandar