Fact and Faith : Democracy After The Ayodhya Verdict - A Symposium (Full Programme)

Fact and Faith : Democracy After The Ayodhya Verdict

A Symposium organised by Communalism Combat . Sahmat . Social Scientist

6, 7, 8 December 2010 — 9.30 am — 6 pm
 at Muktadhara, 18-19 Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi

Monday, 6 December 2010, 9 am — 6 pm

9 am Registration

9.30 — 10 am Inauguration

10 am — 1 pm Flawed Historiography
 Chair Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
 Speakers Prof. Irfan Habib, Prof. Shireen Moosvi
 Prof. Ramesh Rawat, Dr S. Nadeem Ali Rezavi
 Discussants Prof. Roop Rekha Verma Ramesh Dixit

2 — 4.30 pm Flawed Archaeology
 Chair Prof, K.M. Shrimali
 Speakers Dr Jaya Menon, Prof. Supriya Verma, Prof. FLC. Thakran, Prof. -Irfan Habib, Prof Ashok Dutta
 Discussants Prof. Roop Rekha Verma I Ramesh Dixit

4.30 — 6 pm Sanctifying the Majoritarian Faith (Judgement of 11 December 1995)
 Chair Justice Rajinder Sachar
 Speakers Advocate Rajeev Dhavan, Advocate BA. Desai. Siddharth -Varadarajan
 Discussants Advocate Prashant Bhushan. Advocate Mihir Desai

Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 9.30 am - 6 pm

9.30 am — 10.45 am The Dispute at Faizabad/Ayodhya
 Chair Sandeep Pande
 Speaker Yugal Kishore
 Discussant Ramesh Dixit

10.45 am — 1.15 pm 1949, 1992: The Indian Systenic Response to Illegal Acts
 Chair Justice RB. Sawant
 Speakers Anupam Gupta, Manoj Mitta, Justice Hosbet Suresh, Prof. RM. Bhargava
 Discussants Hasan Kamal, Prof. Zoya Hasan

2 — 3.30 pm Misuse of Religion in the Electoral Arena
 Chair Justice S.H.A. Raza
 Speakers Justice Hosbel Suresh, Advocate Asad Hayat
 Discussants from Veddike team, Anwar Rajan, Teesta Setalvad

3.30 — 4.45 pm Perspectives on the High Court Judgement on Ayodhya
 Chair Justice Hosbet Suresh
 Speakers Ravi Kiran Jain, Prof Sreedhar
 Discussants Shiv Sunder. Maulana Azhari

4.45 — 6 pm Evidence in Law: Forgotten Truths behind the Babri Demolition
 Chair MK Raina
 Screening of Ram Ke Naam by Anand Patwardhan
 Discussants Smita Gupta, Vidya Subramaniam. Manoj Miha. Siddharth Varadarajan

Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9.30 am — 6 pm

9.30 — 11.45 am Secularism: Cornerstone of the Indian Constitution
 Chair Justice S.H.A. Raza
 Speakers Justice P.B. Sawant from vedike team
 Discussants Sandeep Pande, Teesta Setalvad

11.45 am — 1.30 pm Fallout of the Politics of Faith
 Chair Justice P.B. Sawant
 Speakers from Veddike team
 Discussants Advocate Aparna Bhat. Sherifa Daud, Ram Punyani

2.30 — 3.30 pm Hate Speech in Eastern Uttar Pradesh ; The Gorakhpur Saga
 Chair Sheetla Singh
 Speakers Parvez Parvaaz, Advocate Asad Hayat

3.30 — 4.45 pm Western and Central India: Gujarat Madhya Pradah, Maharashtra
 Chair Prof. Zoya Hasan
 Speakers Father Prasad, Shafibhai. Attique Hussain, Abdul Haleem Siddiqui
 Discussant Teesta Setalvad

4.45 — 6 pm Activists’ Responses
 Chair Ram Rahman
 Speakers from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Malegaon, Pune, Karnataka

Conclusion Resolution