âMemory takes root in the concrete, in spaces, gestures, images, and objects; history binds itself strictly to temporal continuities, to progressions and to relations between things.â â Pierre Nora, Between History and Memory: Les Lieux de MÊmoire In May of 2017, the statue of a saree-clad, blind-folded, Lady Justice was pulled down from the Supreme Court premises and moved to an annex building due to pressure from far-right religious group, Hefazat-e-Islam.
“Memory takes root in the concrete, in spaces, gestures, images, and objects; history binds itself strictly to temporal continuities, to progressions and to relations between things.”<br /> <br /> — Pierre Nora,<br /> <br /> Between History and Memory: Les Lieux de Mémoire<br /> <br /> In May of 2017, the statue of a saree-clad, blind-folded, Lady Justice was pulled down from the Supreme Court premises and moved to an annex building due to pressure from far-right religious group, Hefazat-e-Islam. The incident brought to notice the anxiety surrounding religious...
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