Reconciliation
Karwan E Mohabbat’s Journey of Solidarity Through a Wounded India
Harsh Mandar, Natasha Badhwar and John Dayal (eds)
Westland Books
171 pages; Rs 399
This book is as hard to read as it is to put down. Co-edited by Harsh Mandar, Natasha Badhwar and John Dayal, it chronicles the journey of Karwan E Mohabbat — a journey undertaken by a diverse group of citizens across the country, to express love, solidarity and condolences to families of victims of mob violence. Again and again, the essays in the book return to a single question — can a nation so fractured by hate crimes, encounter killings