Nothing Will Be Forgotten

Nehal Ahmeds book is a student participants passionate account of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The university resistance led by Jamia Millia Islamia and the great Shaheen Bagh sit-in together created an inspiring moment in the fight against state-sponsored majoritarianism. Its through first-hand accounts that historic moments of resistance become the stuff of history. Nehals brave and moving narrative is both a memorial to that struggle and a report on the state of this nation. - Mukul Kesavan historian On 15 December 2019 the police unleashed massive violence against the students of one of Indias premier universities Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi for protesting against laws that discriminated against Indian Muslims. This attack led to one of independent Indias most striking and creative peaceful protests with its epicentre in Shaheen Bagh. This book is an eyewitness account of the students protest the ensuing state violence against them and the citizens movement against the discriminatory laws. It is moving and raw a snapshot of a moment in history a courageous act of bearing witness. Nehal Ahmed is a doctoral student at the Academy of International Studies Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi. His research interests consist of Indian and world cinema and migration studies. Nothing will be Forgottenis his first book.