No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage. And none has been subjected to as much fact-finding, especially under the monitoring of the Supreme Court. Sifting through the wealth of official material, this book contends that the fact-finding – riddled as it was ambiguities and deceptions, gaps and contradictions – glossed over crucial pieces of evidence, and thereby shielded the powers that be.
Scrupulously researched, The Fiction of Fact-finding exposes a range of unasked questions which helped Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi procure a clean chit. The book is written by Manoj Mitta, a senior journalist who has been tracking legal and human rights issues over 25 years.
TALKING POINTS
• One of the most important non-fiction books of the year.
• Extremely topical as it questions the clean chit that has been used to project Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate.
• No lazy journalistic reporting but incisive legal analysis of court documents.
• Drawing telling parallels between the 1984 and 2002 carnages, the book is an indictment of India’s fact-finding capacity.
About the Author :
Having coauthored When a Tree Shook Delhi – The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath, Manoj Mitta is the only one to have written books on the two largest instances of communal violence in India.
No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage. And none has been subjected to as much fact-finding, especially under the monitoring of the Supreme Court. Sifting through the wealth of official material, this book contends that the fact-finding – riddled as it was ambiguities and deceptions, gaps and contradictions – glossed over crucial pieces of evidence, and thereby shielded the powers that be. Scrupulously researched, The Fiction of Fact-finding exposes a range of unasked questions which helped Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi procure a clean chit. The book is written by Manoj Mitta, a senior journalist who has been tracking legal and human rights issues over 25 years. TALKING POINTS • One of the most important non-fiction books of the year. • Extremely topical as it questions the clean chit that has been used to project Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate. • No lazy journalistic reporting but incisive legal analysis of court documents. • Drawing telling parallels between the 1984 and 2002 carnages, the book is an indictment of India’s fact-finding capacity. About the Author : Having coauthored When a Tree Shook Delhi – The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath, Manoj Mitta is the only one to have written books on the two largest instances of communal violence in India.