Manoj Mitta in conversation with Vishal Jamkar & Ajay Skaria
1210 Heller Hall
Institute for Global Studies presents Manoj Mitta (author of Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India) in conversation with Dr. Ajay Skaria (History) & Vishal Jamkar (Public Affairs).
(Event co-sponsored by: Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of History, Department of Geography, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.)
About the Speaker
Manoj Mitta is a Delhi-based journalist focusing on law, human rights and social justice. A law graduate from Hyderabad, he has worked with the Times of India, the Indian Express and India Today. Mitta has written two critically acclaimed books on impunity for mass violence: When a Tree Shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and Its Aftermath, co-authored with H.S. Phoolka (2007), and The Fiction of Fact-finding: Modi and Godhra (2014). His article on caste was published in 2007 in Writing a Nation: An Anthology of Indian Journalism, edited by Nirmala Lakshman. (Text from author information here)