This event launched the new book “The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir”, which is a fresh account of one of the most controversial political assassinations in contemporary history-that of Mahatma Gandhi.
In the book, by relying on investigative journalism and new evidence, Appu Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju examine the potential role of princely states, hypermasculinity and a militant right-wing in the context of a nation that had just won its independence.
Based on previously unseen intelligence reports and police records, the book recreates the circumstances of Gandhi’s murder, the events leading up to it and the investigation afterwards. In doing so, it unearths a conspiracy that runs far deeper than a hate crime and challenges the popular narrative about the assassination that has persisted for the past seventy years.
Speaker
Appu Suresh
Appu Suresh is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and the founder of Pixstory, a social media initiative that brings together journalists, coders and business professionals with the aim of creating a space to build people’s narratives that are alternative, non-singular, personal and political.
Speaker
Priyanka Kotamraju
Priyanka Kotamraju is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and an independent journalist from India, with nearly a decade of experience in the media industry focused on issues of social justice, gender, and inequality. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology and a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge.
Chair
Professor Armine Ishkanian
Armine Ishkanian is the Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme and Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research examines the relationship between civil society, democracy, development, and social transformation.
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