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Nothing Will Be Forgotten: From Jamia to Shaheen Bagh
On 15 December 2019, the police unleashed massive violence against the students of one of India’s premier universities, Jamia Millia Islamia, in New Delhi, for protesting against laws that discriminated against Indian Muslims.
This attack led to one of independent India’s most striking and creative peaceful protests, with its epicentre in Shaheen Bagh. This book is an eyewitness account of the students’ protest, the ensuing state violence against them, and the citizens’ movement against the discriminatory laws. It is moving and raw, a snapshot of a moment in history, a courageous act of bearing witness.
‘Nehal Ahmed’s book is a student participant’s passionate account of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The university resistance led by Jamia Millia Islamia and the great Shaheen Bagh sit-in, together created an inspiring moment in the fight against state-sponsored majoritarianism. It’s through first-hand accounts that historic moments of resistance become the stuff of history. Nehal’s brave and moving narrative is both a memorial to that struggle and a report on the state of this nation.’ – Mukul Kesavan, historian
This attack led to one of independent India’s most striking and creative peaceful protests, with its epicentre in Shaheen Bagh. This book is an eyewitness account of the students’ protest, the ensuing state violence against them, and the citizens’ movement against the discriminatory laws. It is moving and raw, a snapshot of a moment in history, a courageous act of bearing witness.
‘Nehal Ahmed’s book is a student participant’s passionate account of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The university resistance led by Jamia Millia Islamia and the great Shaheen Bagh sit-in, together created an inspiring moment in the fight against state-sponsored majoritarianism. It’s through first-hand accounts that historic moments of resistance become the stuff of history. Nehal’s brave and moving narrative is both a memorial to that struggle and a report on the state of this nation.’ – Mukul Kesavan, historian
138 pages, Paperback
Published January 20, 2022
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May 30, 2023
I know Nehal Ahmed since he contacted me after picking up my book years ago from Rachna Books - a special thanks to Kaeshikka Bhandari for recommending my book to him. A few months ago, I saw that even he had released his debut book. He asked me to read it, and although I consciously stay away from non-fiction, especially political or controversial books like these, I couldn't refuse.
Nothing Will Be Forgotten is a passionate account of the experiences of the author, a doctoral student at Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi, during the protests against the Citizen Amendment Act in December 2019.
It is a vivid account of the protest and the response from the government and how it quickly got out of hand. The narration and the descriptions are vivid and take you right to the protest site. I could picture everything - the clashes, the fear, the shock, the stalls at Shaheen Bagh - and relate to the opinions of the author about humanity and the use of resistance through art to express your stand against injustice.
Nehal has a good command of the language, and the text is lucid and devoid of grammatical errors.
Nothing Will Be Forgotten is a well-written account of the perspective of a student who finds himself a part of a protest and the wisdom and inspiration he gains from the experience.
A very good read if you like reading non-fiction.
Nothing Will Be Forgotten is a passionate account of the experiences of the author, a doctoral student at Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi, during the protests against the Citizen Amendment Act in December 2019.
It is a vivid account of the protest and the response from the government and how it quickly got out of hand. The narration and the descriptions are vivid and take you right to the protest site. I could picture everything - the clashes, the fear, the shock, the stalls at Shaheen Bagh - and relate to the opinions of the author about humanity and the use of resistance through art to express your stand against injustice.
Nehal has a good command of the language, and the text is lucid and devoid of grammatical errors.
Nothing Will Be Forgotten is a well-written account of the perspective of a student who finds himself a part of a protest and the wisdom and inspiration he gains from the experience.
A very good read if you like reading non-fiction.
April 7, 2023
First hand account of the CAA protests at Jamia University and Shaheen Bagh by a student of JMI
Nehal talks about the impact the protests had on him and how he coped with it
Nehal talks about the impact the protests had on him and how he coped with it
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