00908pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001800040245006200058260000900120300001400129362001000143520053300153650003200686650001000718773003400728180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThakkar, Usha  aMohalla committees of Mumbai: candles in ominous darkness  c2004  ap.580-86.  a7 Feb  aMohalla committees, a civil society initiative that involved members of the police and the public, helped heal some of the severe communal wounds of the 1992-93 riots in Mumbai. The experience of the committees has important insights to offer to democracies in a plural, diverse society. In the case of Mumbai, participants drawn from the police and from among the public turned out to be not adversaries in opposite camps but partners involved in a symbiotic relationship to maintain peace and harmony in an area. - Reproduced.  aRiots - India - Maharashtra  aRiots  aEconomic and Political Weekly