The 2nd human rights award, the 4th memorial lecture and the publication of his biography mark the celebration of Nani A. Palkhivala’s 87th birth anniversary
Arnavaz S. Mama
"Our work of a decade-and-a-half has made us experience the relentless attempts of the system to tire out the protestor, the dissenter, the victim. Therefore, today’s award I dedicate to one man within the Indian system, who stood — and still stands — mighty in the face of a murderous and vindictive Gujarat administration…Mass murder, mass rape and mass arson were allowed in Gujarat by a complicit and participatory administration and police force. Many police officers stood out. But only one man has remained a stoic and principled dissenter until today, refusing to cave in even as weeks lapsed into......