It stands out even in a country inured to mass violence: three thousand members of a minority community slaughtered over three days in 1984, right in India’s capital. Twenty-three years on, neither the organizers of the massacre nor the state players who facilitated it have been punished, despite prolonged inquiries and trials.
This massacre of Sikhs following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination has revealed the shortcomings of India’s institutions of the rule of law. Responding to the findings of the Nanavati Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted in 2005 that we still do not know the truth.
The book seeks to uncover the truth based on evidence from the Nanavati Commission. Authors Manoj Mitta and H.S. Phoolka, perhaps the most knowledgeable voices on the subject, present an unsparing account, filled with insights and revelations, on the 1984 carnage and its aftermath.