The artwork, 'Jallianwala: Repression and Retribution', by British artists Rabindra Singh and Amrit Singh, unveiled at Manchester Museum (Source: Rabindra Singh and Amrit Singh)The centenary celebrations of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) offer many noted personalities an occasion for revisiting the site. He was recently seen prostrating himself at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial to mourn the massacre by British troops. It does examine the Punjab massacre, but it is essentially concerned with some legal implications of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and their repercussions on the life of the judge, Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair (1857-1934), an outspoken Indian jurist and statesman of his times. He continued his cordial relationship with the colonial administration even after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, although the same tragedy had turned many Indians bitter and prompted Rabindranath Tagore to return his knighthood as a mark of his protest. The Case that Shook the Empire: One Man’s Fight for the Truth about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre by Raghu Palat and Pushpa Palat, Bloomsbury, Rs 499

Source: The Telegraph October 11, 2019 12:11 UTC