Apologies - the date is tomorrow 16 October; 6:30 pm; the venue is Indian Social Institute, 10 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. best shivam
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Aarti Sethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you tell us the date, time and venue Shivam? > > thanks > A > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Navayana >> invites you to the launch of >> >> Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop >> Anand Teltumbde >> >> with a panel discussion featuring >> >> Rajendra Yadav >> Sukhadeo Thorat >> Arundhati Roy >> Harsh Mander >> Nivedita Menon & >> Anand Teltumbde >> >> Khairlanji >> A Strange and Bitter Crop >> By Anand Teltumbde >> Demy Octavo, 215 pages, Rs 190 >> ISBN: 978-81-89059-15-6 >> >> "Anand Teltumbde's analysis of the public, ritualistic massacre of a >> dalit family in 21st century India exposes the gangrenous heart of our >> society. It contextualizes the massacre and describes the manner in >> which the social, political and state machinery, the police, the mass >> media and the judiciary all collude to first create the climate for >> such bestiality, and then cover it up. This is not a book about the >> last days of relic feudalism, but a book about what modernity means in >> India. It discusses one of the most important issues in contemporary >> India." — Arundhati Roy >> >> On 29 September 2006, in Khairlanji, Maharashtra, Surekha Bhotmange >> and her daughter Priyanka Bhotmange were stripped, paraded naked, >> raped repeatedly and killed. Surekha's sons Roshan and Sudhir were >> lynched. The entire village was involved. The four bodies were dumped >> into a canal. The Bhotmanges were dalit. The Bhotmanges have been >> forgotten. After all, two dalits are murdered every day in India. >> Anand Teltumbde reconstructs one of post-independence India's worst >> caste atrocities and tells us how and why Khairlanjis are always >> around us. >> >> www.navayana.org >> >> Available in bookstores from 10 October 2008. >> Buy online at www.scholarswithoutborders.in >> _________________________________________ >> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. >> Critiques & Collaborations >> To subscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >> subscribe in the subject header. >> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list >> List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > -- National Highway - http://shivamvij.com/
