Giving back our bit to Ram Rahimnagar

The Hindu and Muslim residents of Ram Rahimnagar have done what no one else in Ahmedabad could do: maintain peace in all of the biggest waves of communal violence ever to hit Ahmedabad – 1969, 1985, 1992-93, 2002. Quite justifiably, they believe that their achievement is unmatchable and that it is now the society’s turn to not only hold their hands but lead them to their destination.

We, at Open Space Ahmedabad, teamed up with concerned citizens -- ActionAid, Aman Samuday, Indian Institute of Management, Saath, Jan Manthan, Meet International Disabled Helpline, Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel for RTI Act -- and attempted to do just that on September 27, 2009.

Veteran journalist Pradeep Mallik has succintly given the complete picture of this attempt, in his weekly column in Ahmedabad Mirror.

Read it here: http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=63&contentid=2009100220091002032040765a75de7f4&sectxslt=#ftr2.

The Times of India reported it on Sep. 28, 2009. Read it here:
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQS8yMDA5LzA5LzI4I0FyMDA0MDA=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

For more on the other side of the legendary Ram Rahimnagar, you may go to our earlier post. Read it here: http://infochangeindia.org/200909027916/Human-Rights/Features/Cracks-in-the-citadel-of-peace.html