By TCN News
Cambridge (Massachusetts): India has seen many violence based on religious and cultural differences. A workshop is being organized on April 9th and 10th at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to examine the roots and processes of such violence.
In the last three decades the India has seen major communal violence starting with Nellie in Assam (1983), Anti-Sikh violence (1984), post-Babri violence of 1992 and 1993, Bombay Blasts (1993), Gujarat pogrom (2002) and ending with Orissa riots (2008). The workshop attended by academicians, journalists, and experts with law enforcement backgrounds will explore how and why such violence continues.
This workshop is organized by Dr. Omar Khalidi, Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, and Prof. Haimanti Roy. Prof. Paul Brass of University of Washington, will give the keynote address.
Participants to this workshop includes Prof. Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies; Prof. Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, Rutgers University; Meenakshi Ganguly , Human Rights Watch; Prof. Chinnaiah Jangam, Wagner College, New York; Dr. Ratna Kapoor, CFLR New Delhi; Shafiq R. Mahajir, Attorney, Hyderabad; Manoj Mitta, Senior Editor, The Times of India, New Delhi; R.K. Raghavan, IPS, retd. and former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation; Prof. Srirupa Roy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Prof. Bish Sanyal, MIT; Prof. Ornit Shani, University of Haifa, Israel; Attorney Mukul Sinha and Nirjhari Sinha, Jan Sangharsh Manch, Ahmedabad; and Prof. Arvind Verma, Indiana University.
Event is free and open to the public but registration is required.
More details: http://indiaworkshopmit.com/