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