Zakia Jafri Leaves Behind a Legacy of Resilience and Quiet Dignity https://thewire.in/rights/zakia-jafri-leaves-behind-a-l
egacy-of-resilience-and-quiet-dignity Teesta Setalvad Eighty-six years, the day before yesterday, when she left us, Zakia appa was 63 in 2002, no age to hear the cries she did, no age to witness what her eyes could not turn away from. ..
Though there had been nothing peaceful about Jafri’spassing. The utterly stoic and adamant refusal of the Jafris to let go of their belief in the India that Ahsan sahab lived and died for, is special and rare.
Zakia appa and the Jafris turned their back on any bitterness born out of the realisation that even their neighbours had joined the mob on February 28. This is what made Zakia appa stand out with her children, as the stellar human rights defender she was... in tribute to Zakia appa, the day before yesterday, “You graced the courts, our homes and hearts. You did so with unwavering fortitude. Theirs is the loss who could not recognise the scale and magnitude of the loss for just what it was.”