[Reader-list] KHAIRLANJI: book launch on 16 October

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

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 <aarti.sethi at gmail.com> 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 <mail at shivamvij.com>
> 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
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