Harsh Mander
Harsh Mander | |
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Born | 17 April 1955 |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Activist |
Harsh Mander (born 17 April 1955) is an Indian author,
Career
Mander formerly worked in the
From October 1999 to March 2004, he worked as Country Director, ActionAid India, a development support organization. He is Founder-Chairperson of the State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgarh, which established the Mitanin Community Health Programme, the forerunner of the Asha Programme, and the Chairperson of INCENSE (The Inclusion and Empowerment of People with Severe Mental Disorders). He is also a member of the Working Group of the Project on Armed Conflict Resolution & People's Rights, University of California, Berkeley.
He was appointed a Member of India’s
Mander is against the death penalty.[11][12] He was among the people who signed the mercy petition of Ajmal Kasab.[13]
In March 2023, Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a CBI inquiry into Aman Biradari, an organisation run by Harsh Mander to probe the alleged FCRA violations by Mandar’s organisation.[14][15]
Teaching career
Harsh Mander teaches courses on poverty and governance at the
Literary works
Harsh Mander has written and co-authored[1] several books and regularly writes columns[19][4][3] for newspapers like The Hindu,[2] Hindustan Times[20] and Dainik Bhaskar, and contributes frequently to scholarly journals. His stories have been adapted into films such as Shyam Benegal’s Samar, and Mallika Sarabhai’s dance drama, Unsuni.
Some of his selected publications include:
- (2019) 'Between Memory and Forgetting: Massacre and the Modi Years in Gujarat' (New Delhi, Yoda Press)[21]
- (2019) 'Partitions of the Heart: Unmaking the Idea of India' (New Delhi, Penguin Viking)
- (2018) 'The Right to Food Debates: Social Protection for Food Security in India' (New Delhi, Orient Blackswan) (authored with Ashwin Parulkar, Ankita Aggarwal)
- (2018) 'Reconciliation: Karwan e Mohabbat’s Journey of Solidarity through a Wounded India' (New Delhi, Context) (co-authored with Natasha Badhwar).
- (2016) 'Fatal Accidents of Birth: Stories of Suffering, Oppression and Resistance' (New Delhi, Speaking Tiger Books)
- (2015) 'Looking Away: Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in New India' (New Delhi, Speaking Tiger Books)
- (2012) 'Ash in the Belly: India's Unfinished Battle Against Hunger' (New Delhi, Penguin India)
- (2009) 'Fear and Forgiveness' (New Delhi, Penguin India)
Awards
Among his awards are the
See also
- Vijay Shankar Pandey, whistle blower IAS
- Natasha Badhwar
References
- ^ a b "Unequal Life Chances". Sage Publishing. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Harsh Mander". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Harsh Mander". The Wire. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Harsh Mander". OutlookIndia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Manipal Institute of Communication". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Natasha Badhwar (5 April 2019). "Opinion: Why I travel with the Karwan-e-Mohabbat". Livemint.
- ^ "Harsh Mander". Open Society Foundations. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Harsh Mander — 'bleeding-heart liberal' who's fighting Modi govt with Gandhi's 'radical love'". The Print. 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
Former IAS officer and social activist Harsh Mander
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- ^ "LATEST NEWS UPDATES | There is class bias in awarding death penalty -Harsh Mander". www.im4change.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Patel, Aakar (27 October 2014). "Death penalty reflects a desire for vengeance, not justice". Scroll.in. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ List of people who signed Ajmal Kasab’s mercy petition: https://advocatetanmoy.com/2019/02/13/list-of-people-who-signed-ajmal-kasabs-mercy-petition/
- ^ "MHA recommends CBI inquiry against Harsh Mander's NGO Aman Biradari". The Indian Express. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Centre calls for CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander's NGO Aman Biradari". Deccan Herald. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "News - IIMA". www.iima.ac.in. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Bhatia, Tanushree (9 July 2018). "IIMA's course on 'Poverty' a hit among students". DNA India. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-317-62395-3.
- ^ "Indian express". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Harsh Mander". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Between Memory And Forgetting". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.