Another amazing day at JLF.
There're particular events that i've attended.
At first "The Great Partition" Ayesha Jalal, Shahzia Sikander, Venkat Dhulipala, Nishid Hajari and Urvashi Butalia in conversation with Yasmin Khan.
Historian Vazira Zamindar said that the Partition represented ‘the deep, dark side of modernity,’ containing relevant issues for today, including genocide, mass displacement and minority rights. The Partition caused as many as one million deaths, and left fifteen million people displaced,making it ‘a moral tale for critiquing the present.’
Nisid Jahari observed that genocide was triggered in one of two ways: being misguided by a political figure, or falling prey to madness. He said that in either instance, people could not fully explain their actions, and nobody admitted responsibility.Zamindarreflected that madness was the most apt explanation for genocide, quoting Foucault on madness: ‘Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.’
Jahari pointed out that although the violence during Partition had begun with a mob mentality, it had developed into organization amongst the masses on a mass scale. As such, the violence between the Hindus and Muslims that occurred could not be described as ‘spontaneous.’ Ayesha Jalal asserted that it was important to understand what the violence was really about. In her opinion, it was not really about religion, it was about the acquisition of property from those without the power to stop it. In Pakistan, the Hindus were vastly outnumbered, whilst in India, it was the Muslims. Jalal reminded the audience that it still had not been established whether this forcible property seizure had been state-sponsored or not.
Jalal noted that ‘39% of Pakistanis say that they were helped by a Hindu or a Sikh during the Partition,’ yet these stories have not come into the mainstream narrative yet. Jahari concluded that the key was to have multiple narratives to reflect the complexity of the Partition: ‘the idea that one book can encompass all the aspects of Partition is impossible.’
After that....
"Swach Bharat: The India Story" Shashi Tharoor, Desraj Kali and Anustup Nayak in conversation with Sanchaita Gajapati Raju
(Clean India Mission) The campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014, PM Modi said that the best memorial to Mahatma Gandhi would be to achieve a "Clean India". Tharoor, Desraj Kali, Anustup and Sanchaita gave there opinion and views on Swachh Bharat, that is claimed to be India's biggest ever cleanliness drive.
Shashi Tharoor pointed out that Clean India Mission will not be a success until and unless it is been absorbed at individual level, state of mind is all that is required to take the step ahead. He mentioned the points that Swach Bharat is hitting on, that includes Eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets for households communities, Eradicate manual scavenging, Introduce modern and scientific municipal solid waste management practices, Enable private sector participation in the sanitation sector and change people’s attitudes to sanitation and create awareness.
Surely glad that I was there.
There're particular events that i've attended.
At first "The Great Partition" Ayesha Jalal, Shahzia Sikander, Venkat Dhulipala, Nishid Hajari and Urvashi Butalia in conversation with Yasmin Khan.
Historian Vazira Zamindar said that the Partition represented ‘the deep, dark side of modernity,’ containing relevant issues for today, including genocide, mass displacement and minority rights. The Partition caused as many as one million deaths, and left fifteen million people displaced,making it ‘a moral tale for critiquing the present.’
Nisid Jahari observed that genocide was triggered in one of two ways: being misguided by a political figure, or falling prey to madness. He said that in either instance, people could not fully explain their actions, and nobody admitted responsibility.Zamindarreflected that madness was the most apt explanation for genocide, quoting Foucault on madness: ‘Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.’
Jahari pointed out that although the violence during Partition had begun with a mob mentality, it had developed into organization amongst the masses on a mass scale. As such, the violence between the Hindus and Muslims that occurred could not be described as ‘spontaneous.’ Ayesha Jalal asserted that it was important to understand what the violence was really about. In her opinion, it was not really about religion, it was about the acquisition of property from those without the power to stop it. In Pakistan, the Hindus were vastly outnumbered, whilst in India, it was the Muslims. Jalal reminded the audience that it still had not been established whether this forcible property seizure had been state-sponsored or not.
Jalal noted that ‘39% of Pakistanis say that they were helped by a Hindu or a Sikh during the Partition,’ yet these stories have not come into the mainstream narrative yet. Jahari concluded that the key was to have multiple narratives to reflect the complexity of the Partition: ‘the idea that one book can encompass all the aspects of Partition is impossible.’
After that....
"Swach Bharat: The India Story" Shashi Tharoor, Desraj Kali and Anustup Nayak in conversation with Sanchaita Gajapati Raju
(Clean India Mission) The campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014, PM Modi said that the best memorial to Mahatma Gandhi would be to achieve a "Clean India". Tharoor, Desraj Kali, Anustup and Sanchaita gave there opinion and views on Swachh Bharat, that is claimed to be India's biggest ever cleanliness drive.
Shashi Tharoor pointed out that Clean India Mission will not be a success until and unless it is been absorbed at individual level, state of mind is all that is required to take the step ahead. He mentioned the points that Swach Bharat is hitting on, that includes Eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets for households communities, Eradicate manual scavenging, Introduce modern and scientific municipal solid waste management practices, Enable private sector participation in the sanitation sector and change people’s attitudes to sanitation and create awareness.
Surely glad that I was there.
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