The Concerned Indian S Guide To Communalism
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The Concerned Indian s Guide to Communalism
Author | : K. N. Panikkar |
Publsiher | : Viking |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015043012692 |
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What do we mean when we say India is a secular country? How is secularism defined and to what extent are secular tenets reflected in our public and private life? Are there hidden communal agendas that are innate to the socio-cultural ethos of India, and can these ýcommunal elementsý as they are so often referred to indeed undermine the integrity of the country? These are questions that must concern every educated and intelligent citizen as India makes its way into the new millennium. In a year that has seen the gruesome murder of the missionary Graham Staines, the resignation of the foreign-born president of the Congress from her post following protests about her un-Indianness, and the fall of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre by a single vote, it has become more necessary than ever to take a hard look at the ýunity in diversityý that India as a nation-state is supposed to represent, and to identify the strands of communalism that run through our socio-political fabric. In this remarkable and timely book edited by K.N. Panikkar who provides an illuminating introduction on the subject, six commentators on contemporary India reveal the stark truth about the communal, sectarian and segregationist tendencies that have always lurked behind our secular facade. While Romila Thaparýs essay provides a historical overview of communalism in India, Rajeev Dhavan pinpoints the legal underpinnings of the secular identity that is propounded in Indiaýs Constitution. Sumit Sarkar looks closely at the vexed issue of conversions which is at the centre of current debates on communalism. Jayati Ghosh, on the other hand, studies the destructive effects of communal agendas on the liberalized economy. Tanika Sarkarýs essay straddles the twin issues of gender and communalism to show how all marginalized sections are rendered equally vulnerable by the spread of communalism. Finally, Siddharth Vardarajan looks at the interesting relationship between communal thought and its representations in the media and popular culture. Thought provoking and incisive, The Concerned Indianýs Guide to Communalism urges us to question where we stand with regard to communalism at the close of the millennium, and challenges us to fashion a truly secular identity for ourselves in the twenty-first century.
Towards A New Humanity
Author | : Kurian Kunnumpuram |
Publsiher | : St Pauls BYB |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : India |
ISBN | : 8171097308 |
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Religion Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia
Author | : Ravinder Kaur |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2005-11-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0761934316 |
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Papers presented at the Workshop on Religious Mobilisation and Organisation of Violence, held at Roskilde during 3-4 April 2003.
Indian Politics and Society Since Independence
Author | : Bidyut Chakrabarty |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2008-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134132690 |
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Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.
Personal and National Destinies in Independent India
Author | : Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781443814300 |
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Personal and National Destinies in Independent India is an innovative analysis of the interface between individual lives and national history, between citizen and state in modern India, as reflected in contemporary fiction. It critiques the selected works of a host of distinguished Indian English novelists such as Gurcharan Das, Arun Joshi, Rohinton Mistry, Arundhati Roy, Meher Pestonji, Kiran Desai, Vikas Swarup, David Davidar, Aravind Adiga, Manjula Padmanabhan and Tarun Tejpal. The author offers a new interpretation of twelve major novels with reference to the enormous framework of nearly seventy years of the history and politics, culture and economy of independent India. This is a study of fiction that re-writes the grand Indian narrative from a genuine, subaltern point of view and pays tribute to the heroism of ordinary Indians in times of extraordinary transformation. In these times of conflict and disparity which threaten democratic values, these novelists advocate an inclusive and humane India with a strong moral core instead of aggressive or elitist nationalism. They represent an era of painful introspection, an attempt to keep the soul of the nation alive. This unique project would be of interest to students and scholars of Literature, Political Science and History, especially Post-colonial studies. The vast scope of the time period, geographical expanse, social groups, writers and works covered here makes the work comprehensive and contemporary; very few such works on recent Indian history and fiction exist as of now.
The Violence of Development
Author | : Karin Kapadia |
Publsiher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1842772074 |
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Comprises 12 papers which assess the contemporary situation of women in India in four broad domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. Argues that despite apparently positive indicators of progress, particularly education and paid employment, little has changed.
Degraded Capability
Author | : Philip Hammond,Edward S. Herman |
Publsiher | : Pluto Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2000-05-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 074531631X |
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'Required reading for anyone wishing to understand the war and the media's role in it.' --The New Internationalist
Nuclear India in the Twenty First Century
Author | : D. SarDesai,R. Thomas |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2002-05-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780230109230 |
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This collection of essays, unlike other books on this subject, emphasizes strategic, technological, and economic factors. It includes contributions from a combination of academics and governmental experts from both the United States and India. Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century provides an important picture of India's nuclear intentions and capabilities and should facilitate policies that the US may consider in response to regional and global proliferation.