A date with ghosts of history

The Hindustan Times | July 20, 2006 | Copyright

New Delhi, July 20 -- It was indeed a heady cocktail: myths, history and memories blended to create a memorable evening celebrating historian Shahid Amin's fine book on the Chauri-Chaura incident that forced Mahatma Gandhi to suspend the non-cooperation movement against the British rule.

Ghosts of peasants, dubbed variously as 'rioters,' 'criminals,' 'victims' and 'martyrs,' haunted the mental landscapes of an eclectic audience that had gathered at the India Habitat Centre Wednesday evening to toast the publication (revised and reissued by Penguin India) of Amin's classic book 'Event, ...

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