00959pab a2200169 454500 180718b2004 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Thakkar, Usha Mohalla committees of Mumbai: candles in ominous darkness 2004 p.580-86. 7 Feb Mohalla 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. Riots - India - Maharashtra Riots Economic and Political Weekly 59502 59502 59502 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 39, Issue no: 6 AR59947 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR