Assam Governor launches book on ‘Partitioned Freedom’, authored by Ram Madhav
Guwahati, Rongili Barta- The Byatikram Group successfully launched the book “Partitioned Freedom” authored by Ram Madhav, an Indian politician, author, and thinker on the 21st of May 2023 at Hotel Vivanta, Guwahati, Assam. Many dignitaries and people from all walks of life, attended the event in large numbers. The book was formally unveiled by Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, Hon’ble Governor of Assam, Shri Ram Madhav, Renowned Indian Politician, Author & Thinker, Shri GP Singh, IPS, DGP, Assam, Prof. (Dr.) Sangeeta Tripathi, Educationist and in presence of a host of other dignitaries. Releasing the book, the Chief Guest of the event, Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, Hon’ble Governor of Assam, the Governor of Assam said, “I feel happy and honoured to be present in this auspicious occasion of the Book Launch Program and I acknowledge Ram Madhav Ji for proactively taking the step to pen down about a very important chapter of our history. He has written an excellent book of factual history and I wish that this book will bring a huge importance among the society as well as to the academic and the intellectual community. I also congratulate Byatikram for taking this initiative to launch the book in Assam.” Sri Ram Madhav, the author of the book stated that based unfortunate fables were spread in the name of history. He said his effort was to place the facts before the reader and the period covered is the time between two partitions 1905 and 1947; one partition could be reversed, the second one couldn’t be prevented. One lesson is that people of the country should ever be ready to rise up to any challenges and protect the society. Jinnah was never a leader of all muslims, and Muslim League couldn’t ever win substantially, yet they were seen as pan-Indian muslim party, today we shouldn’t make that same mistake. We need to unite partitioned hearts first. To understand history, we need to understand that period within the context of that period. Sri Ram Madhav concluded his address by saying that today we must understand that Hindus and Muslims must live together amicably without quarrelling and thanked Byatikram for the beautiful initiative to launch his book in Assam. Speaking at the launch event, the organizer of the event Dr. Saumen Bharatiya said “We feel really honored and privileged to be the organizer of this prestigious program and launch the book in presence of the Honorable Governor. Last year also we had the good fortune of releasing Ram Mdhav Ji’s much acclaimed book ‘Hindutva Paradigm”. The book Partitioned Freedom was reviewed by Prof. (Dr.) Sangeeta Tripathi, an Educationist from Assam highlighting the importance of the book. PVSLN Murty. Chairman & Managing Director of NEDFi; PS Reddy, Managing Director of Sai Vikash Educational Trust; Prof. Mamun-Al-Mahtab, Head of the Interventional Hepatology Division, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Sanjay Aditya Singh, CEO & MD of Jettwings Group of Institutes; Riazul Islam, Counsellor (Education & Sports), Deputy High Commission for Bangladesh in Kolkata, India; Ruhul Amin, Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Guwahati; Kiran Boro, Founder of Kiran Boro Foundation and Social Activist; the founders of Aspiring Life Consultants Pvt Ltd, Ms. Chaitali Sengupta and Mr. Manish Jaiswal, Mukesh Agarwal, CEO of Valley Strong Cement Pvt. Ltd. and many other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The book launch was followed by an interaction session and signing ceremony with the author in which many budding intellectuals and enthusiasts took part curiously. Ram Madhav thanked Byatikram Group for meticulously organizing the book launch event in Assam.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ram Madhav is an Indian politician, social leader, author and thinker. Dr Madhav is a Founding Member of the Governing Council of India Foundation (IF), a New Delhi-based Think tank. In over a decade of India Foundation’s existence, Dr Madhav has been the curator of major annual global and national multilateral initiatives like the Indian Ocean Conference, the Dharma-Dhamma Conference, ASEAN-India Youth Summit and Counter Terrorism Conference involving heads of nations and leaders of governments besides academics, scholars and public spirited individuals. Most recently, Dr Madhav has been instrumental in ideating the Religon-20 Forum (R20) as part of India’s presidency of the G20. Previously, Dr Madhav has served as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during 2014-20 responsible for handling the political affairs of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and other North-Eastern states of India.
A renowned author and thinker, Dr Madhav has over 300 publications to his credit. He has authored several books in English and Telugu that include “The Hindutva Paradigm – Integral Humanism and the Quest for a Non-Western Worldview” ; “Because India Comes First: Reflections on Nationalism, Identity and Culture” and “Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after 50 years of the war”. He is a regular contributor to platforms like The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times and OPEN Magazine amongst others.
ABOUT THE BOOK
At the stroke of the midnight on 14-15 August 1947, India secured independence. That moment also witnessed the tragic partition of India and birth of Pakistan. Nobody wanted it. Yet it couldn’t be averted. Four decades earlier, in 1905, Bengal was partitioned by the British. A massive movement, called Vandemataram Movement, was launched against it by the Indian National Congress. British were forced to annul partition of Bengal in 1911. A country that defeated the British designs to partition one province failed when the whole country was being partitioned four decades later. Why? Who were responsible? What missteps had led to the disaster?
“Partitioned Freedom” explores answers to these questions.