The Grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh: An Indian Muslim Womenâs Protest and the Future of Satyagraha
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The Indian dadis (grandmothers) of Shaheen Bagh, over the space of less than four months from mid-December 2019 to late March 2020, offered a palpable demonstration that the spirit of satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) cannot be extinguished. Indeed, as I shall suggest, the short-lived Shaheen Bagh movement cannot be seen other than as a momentous event in the global history of nonviolent resistance and as quite likely the most promising step in the further evolution of satyagraha. Shaheen Bagh may even have presaged the extraordinary upheaval taking place in Iran where, once again, it is womenâmost of them young enough to be the grand-daughters of the dadis whose offering of satyagraha convulsed India for a short timeâwho have shown the way to exercise nonviolent resistance to a regime that has shown no hesitation in the brutal repression of dissent.
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The Grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh: An Indian Muslim Womenâs Protest and the Future of Satyagraha
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The Indian dadis (grandmothers) of Shaheen Bagh, over the space of less than four months from mid-December 2019 to late March 2020, offered a palpable demonstration that the spirit of satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) cannot be extinguished. Indeed, as I shall suggest, the short-lived Shaheen Bagh movement cannot be seen other than as a momentous event in the global history of nonviolent resistance and as quite likely the most promising step in the further evolution of satyagraha. Shaheen Bagh may even have presaged the extraordinary upheaval taking place in Iran where, once again, it is womenâmost of them young enough to be the grand-daughters of the dadis whose offering of satyagraha convulsed India for a short timeâwho have shown the way to exercise nonviolent resistance to a regime that has shown no hesitation in the brutal repression of dissent.
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