{"product_id":"shaheen-bagh-and-the-idea-of-india-writings-on-a-movement-for-justice-liberty-and-equality-9789389958171","title":"Shaheen Bagh and the Idea of India: Writings on a Movement for Justice, Liberty and Equality","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription On 15 December 2019, police in riot gear stormed Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity and attacked unarmed students protesting against the Citizenship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Amendment) Act (CAA), which makes religion the basis of Indian citizenship. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eneighbouring Shaheen Bagh, a few women-mothers, other relatives and friends of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe students-came out into the streets in outrage and anguish. They sat on a main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroad demanding repeal of the CAA which, twinned with the proposed National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegister of Citizens (NRC), could make Indian Muslims aliens in their own country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, similar protests broke out across the country in a display of civil resistance of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea kind never seen in Independent India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaheen Bagh and the Idea of India examines how the sit-in by a small group of Muslim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewomen-many of whom have stepped out of their homes alone for the first time-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas united crores of Indian citizens of different faiths and ideologies in a fight to save\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe principles of equality and secularism enshrined in our Constitution. It also throws\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eup many important questions: Can Shaheen Bagh-and the many other 'Shaheen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaghs' it has inspired-reverse the damage that has been done to our Constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemocracy in recent years? What has sustained this non-violent movement despite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evilification and persecution by the central and state governments and their police?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill it survive the aftermath of the brutal communal violence, provoked in the main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby members of the ruling party, that devastated northeast Delhi in February 2020?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat form will the movement take after the Shaheen Bagh protest site was cleared\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the police on 24 March 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak? Will it continue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto build new and transformative solidarities in our society?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely and necessary anthology comprises interviews with some of the brave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewomen at the core of the protests; ground reports by journalists and social activists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elike Seemi Pasha, Enakshi Ganguly, Nazes Afroz and Mustafa Quraishi; and essays by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleading thinkers and writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, Harsh Mander, Subhashini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli, Nandita Haksar, Apoorvanand and Zoya Hasan. It is a book that must be read by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeveryone who cares about India as a liberal democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495140299026,"sku":"9789389958171","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5db3de0d-624c-4dde-aefc-14e01ec0a5b6.jpg?v=1730672640","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shaheen-bagh-and-the-idea-of-india-writings-on-a-movement-for-justice-liberty-and-equality-9789389958171","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}