December 13: Terror Over Democracy
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Nirmalangshu Mukherji,
Bibliophile South Asia (Publisher)
Published
/12/2005
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The terrorist attack on Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001 posed a test-case for Indian democracy. This book tells the story of how civil institutions in India -- the media, the police, the political executive and the judiciary -- failed the test. As a result, the question 'who attacked Parliament' remained unanswered, and the human rights of the accused were seriously violated. The followiong issues, among others, are examined in detail:About The Author :NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI is a Professor of philosophy at Delhi University. He has lectured extensively on the philosophies of language and mind, and has been a visiting professor in serveral institutions in India and abroad. He is the author of The Cartesian Mind: Reflections on Language and Music, and a co-editor of Noam Chomsky's The Architecture of Language. Although he has published many political articles, this is his first political book.
