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In the aftermath
of the Ayodhya judgement by the Allahabad High Court,
many social commentators, activists, historians, leaders
or groups and parties came out with their opinion in
various ways. Making Sense of the Ayodhya Issue
captures the background of archaeological, historical
and political aspects of the issue and
 lays
the foundation of understanding the current debates.
Tracing the evolution f the dispute and its political
implications, the book goes o n to present the
intellectual atmosphere in the country post-judgement
and gives a perspective about different facets of the
consequences of the verdict. It gives the sample of the
verdict by giving the major excerpts of the judgement,
the opinions of all the three judges and the editorial
opinions from different points of view. It includes the
interview of one of the judges, major intellectuals,
writers and social activists. It also incorporates the
chronology of events related to the dispute.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Section – I (Babri
Masjid)
1.
Mandir-Masjid Dispute: A
Backgrounder
Ram Puniyani
2.
The Historical Context
Haider Abbas
Section-II
(Legal Dispute)
3.
History and nature of Legal
Dispute
4.
The Judgment
Section-III
(Media speak)
5.
Editorials
6.
Interviews
Justice
Khan: Another Fall and We May Not Rise Again
·
Rajinder
Sachar: Faith Has No Meaning in Court
·
Asghar
Ali Engineer: Faith Not Law Ruled
·
Anupam
Gupta: Far Removed from Secular Universe
·
Prakash
Karat: A Dangerous Precedent
·
Zafaryab
Jilani: Against Settled Principles
·
Rajiv
Dhavan: Seriously Flawed
·
Ravi
Shankar Prasad: Muslim Should Take the Hint
·
Giriraj
Kishore and Praveen Togadia: We Can Offer Muslim Land
Anywhere Else
7.
Articles
·
Dileep
Padgaonkar: The muddle path
·
T R
Andhiyarujina: A verdict that legitimises the masjid
demolition
·
Rajendra
sachar: All parties must act to face the situation
·
Asghar
Ali Engineer: Triumph of faith or constitutional
legality
·
Mukul
Kesavan: The dispute over mosque is an argument about
India
·
Ronojoy
Sen: Till the judgement day comes again
·
Barkha
Dutt: No triumphalism
·
Verghese
George: A matter of faith
·
Hindu:
Young Muslim and reflecting on Ayodhya
·
Vinod
Mehta: My own sort of a Hindu
·
T.K.
Rajlakshmi: Forgetting facts
·
Sunil
Khilnani: The Sensex can’t heal the Ayodhya wounds
·
Sidharth
Vardarajan: Force of faith trumps law and reason in
Ayodhya case
·
Praful
Bidwai: Justice in Ayodhya
·
Sitaram
Yechury: Not about blind faith
·
Dileep
Padgaonkar: See clergy take off communal blinkers
·
J Sri
Raman: Ayodhya cerdict: Advani’s windfall
·
A.G.
Noorani: Muslim wronged
·
Prabhat
Patnaik: Any retreat to premodernity is dangerous to
democracy
·
Deepankar
Bhattacharya: A blow to spirit of modern India
·
Ram
Puniyani: Commit the crime and be rewarded
·
Shekhar
Gupta-The India verdict
·
Harsh
Mander: A battle for the idea of India
·
Rajni
Bakshi: Secular rethink
·
Mahesh
Rangarajan: The judgment tests the idea of India
·
Khushwant
Singh: Let’s no longer bicker over temple or mosque
·
Sanjay
Kaw: The secret witness
·
Rohini
Hensman: Politics, history, religion and law: The
Ayodhya verdict
·
Shahjahan
Madampat: A travesty of justice
·
Sagarika
Ghosh: Seize the moment
·
Anand
Teltumde: Retrograde judgement rewards Hindu zealots
·
Manoj
Mitta: The Ayodhya verdict
·
Jawed
Naqwi: The story of lion, the fawn and legend of Ram
·
K
Vidyasagar Reddy: Verdict on Ayodhya and after: Calm
before the storm
·
Subramaniam Swamy: Fundamental issue in Ayodhya
·
Swapan
Dasgupta: Ayodhya is religious not political now
·
Maulana
Wahiduddin Khan: Babri masjid revisited
·
Ranu
Jain: Ayodhya verdict: Implications for Indian Democracy
·
Yoginder
Sikand: Musings of a hardcore agnostic
·
Rajesh
Ramchandran: Verdict is a victory for Sangh Parivar
·
Sucheta
Chaterjee: The mask is off
·
Avinash
Pandey Samar: Ayodhya: Burial of justice
·
S.G.
Vombatkere: Faith, fact and law in Ayodhya
Appendix– A
Statements of Ayodhya Verdict
Appendix- B
Chronology of Events
Appendix –
C Explanatory Notes-References
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Total pages: 246
ISBN
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