Impunity

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai

This documentary provides a comprehensive narrative of the violence that gripped Muzaffarnagar in 2013. Nuanced in its depiction, it examines the role played by political parties in UP, the general elections that were coming up, threats of sexual harassment...

February 2016 Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, Communalism, Fear, Children in Conflict, Communal Violence, Displacement, U.P, Muzaffarnagar, Socio-Economic Discrimination No Comments

Moment of Silence

Moment of Silence

This moving poem is a chronicle of all the injustice committed against various communities by countires and institutions that held power over them. The poem holds the perpetrators accountable and tells them in strong words “Let your silence...

January 2016 Impunity, Genocide, Humanity, Injustice, Sexual Violence, War, First World, Third World, Racism, Imperialism, Silence of Media, Resistance No Comments

Spirits of Shah-e-Alam Camp

Spirits of Shah-e-Alam Camp

This story which was written in June 2002 as a response to the violence in Gujarat is the story of different spirits who come to visit Shah-e-Alam, a dargah that was turned into a refugee camp. The spirits include those of parents who have come to visit...

January 2016 Pogrom, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, 2002, Anti-Muslim, Fear, Violence and Peace, Genocide, Children in Conflict, Communal Violence, English, Students, Teachers, Teacher-Educators, Undergraduates and above, Ajahat Asgar No Comments

31st October 1984 excerpt from the book I Accuse..

31st October 1984 excerpt from the book I Accuse..

Jarnail Singh describes the painfully scarring days he and his family had to face after Indira Gandhi’s assassination. He describes how they had to hide like criminals in their own house, in a colony that they had lived in all their lives, surrounded...

January 2016 1984, Delhi, Anti-Sikh, Pogrom, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, Fear, Communal Violence, English, Students, Teachers, Teacher-Educators, Undergraduates and above, Jarnail Singh No Comments

Pages Stained With Blood

Pages Stained With Blood

This is an episodic novel that describes the anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984 which is pieced together from first person accounts of victims and newspaper reports. The story follows a young Assamese woman who teaches at Delhi University and is also a writer. She...

January 2016 1984, Delhi, Anti-Sikh, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, Fear, Communal Violence, English, Students, Teachers, Teacher-Educators, Undergraduates and above, Goswami Indira No Comments

Firaaq

Edufilm

Edufilm

Firaaq

December 2015 Pogrom, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, 2002, Gujarat, Fear, Communal Violence, Riots, Firaaq Comments Disabled

The Final Solution

The Final Solution

Final Solution chronicles the politics of hate in Gujarat from Feb/March 2002- July 2003. It is made in two parts: Part one, titled ‘Pride and Genocide’ begins by looking at the Gaurav Yatra (Honour Journey) and then goes back to look at the...

December 2015 Pogrom, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, 2002, Gujarat, Anti-Muslim, Fear, Violence and Peace, Genocide, Children in Conflict, Communal Violence, English, Hindi, Students, Teachers, Teacher-Educators, Undergraduates and above, Gujarati, Rakesh Sharma No Comments

Parzania

Parzania

This film is based on the true story of a Parsi family who lose their son during the horrendous violence that gripped Gujarat in 2002. A story that runs parallel to this is that of an American student who has come to Gujarat to learn more about Gandhi...

December 2015 Pogrom, Identity, Interpersonal Relations, Impunity, 2002, Gujarat, Anti-Muslim, Fear, Violence and Peace, Children in Conflict, Gandhi M.K., Communal Violence, English, Hindi, Students, Teachers, Teacher-Educators, Undergraduates and above, Gujarati, Dholakia Rahul No Comments

Amu