Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict
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Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict
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Narrated by:
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Soneela Nankani
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By:
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Mallika Kaur
About this listen
Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence - or ignored altogether.
Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement: Baljit Kaur, who armed herself with a video camera to record essential evidence of the conflict; Justice Ajit Singh Bains, who became a beloved “people’s judge”; and Inderjit Singh Jaijee, who returned to Punjab to document abuses even as other elites were fleeing. Together, they are credited with saving countless lives.
Braiding oral histories, personal snapshots, and primary documents recovered from at-risk archives, Kaur shows that when entire conflicts are marginalized, we miss essential stories: stories of faith, feminist action, and the power of citizen-activists.
©2019 Mallika Kaur (P)2021 Blackstone PublishingWhat listeners say about Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 02-07-2021
A good book with drawbacks but worth it.
Book provides an eye-opening insight on the extreme difficulties that people faced during the conflict period. Incidents of police brutality including tortures, killings and harassment were mentioned credibly. It includes documented evidence as well as the eyewitnesses accounts. It is mainly based on the work and experiences of the human right activists who were working on the field.
On the other hand, book does not focus on the atrocities committed by the militant groups. It touches slightly on the few incidents but does not do the justice. Incidents of terrorised life of common Punjabi villagers, rapes, killings, and brutal murders of innocent families by militants were neglected. It only covers the one side of the gender, faith and activism and avoids the life of the silent majority of common Punjabi's who did not have any allegiance with either militants or police.
Book goes in great depth; it not only explains the events, but the emotions of people involved were so well exhibited.
Stories are written well, and every chapter includes a history lesson. Keep in mind that events are not chronological, and it is not a history book. Stories could start from 1984 and then suddenly events of 1993 are discussed. Some people may find it chaotic but if a reader already has some basic understanding of the events, it would be fine.
I am a regular audiobook listener and in the beginning, I was not happy with the narration. It felt like it was narrated by Siri with no emotions. It started to feel better after few hours into it. It is not up to the mark, but it does the job. It is not the reason to not buy it.
In conclusion, it is a good book with valuable information and definitely worth a read, but it focuses only on one aspect of the conflict.
Lessons learnt: - This book improved me and taught me that how selfish politics can ruin the life of masses. How bad decisions can lead to immense suffering. How democratic societies can commit horrible atrocities and how the courage of truthful, moral, honest, and just people in the face of untruth and injustices, regardless of their suffering, solidifies and stabilise righteousness.
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