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Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter » Read Now
by Rajmohan Gandhi. 359 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...independent India calls for...look at the Hindu-Muslim relationship. It is noteworthy...also, that in a 1980 book...Hindu-Muslim relationship. We have...think that a Hindu...
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Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India » Read Now
by Peter Gottschalk. 224 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Questioning the conventional depiction of India as a nation divided between religious communities, Gottschalk shows that individuals living in India have multiple identities, some of which cut across religious boundaries. The stories narrated by villagers living in the northern state of Bihar depict...
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Questioning the conventional depiction of India as a nation divided between religious communities, Gottschalk shows that individuals living in India have multiple identities, some of which cut across religious boundaries. The stories narrated by villagers living in the northern state of Bihar depict everyday social interactions that transcend the simple divide of Hindu and Muslim.
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Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India (Part 2 "Genealogies of Hindu and Muslim") » Read Now
by David Ludden. 349 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...science renditions of Hindu-Muslim conflict in India in terms of Indias...qualifies of religion in India, and of Hindu-Muslim conflict in particular...riot." Because Hindu...
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India's Embattled Secularism, in The Wilson Quarterly » Read Now
by Mukul Kesavan. 7 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Its unreasonable because secularism in India grew out of the peculiar circumstances...Pakistan in 1947 and most Muslims left India? In fact, it held up well. The...
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Hindu and Muslim Strife in India, in Contemporary Review » Read Now
by Alex Ninian. 4 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...What effect will their decision have on relations with the US and the West and the various arrangements which support India with finance, arms and international...
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Origins of Muslim Consciousness in India: A World-System Perspective (Chap. 4 "The Rise and Decline of Hindu-Muslim Unity: 1914-1929") » Read Now
by Syed Nesar Ahmad. 314 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

This volume offers new insight into the debate over the underlying causes of the clash between Hindus and Muslims that continues to polarize India. Based on a thorough review of Indian history during the 19th and 20th centuries, Ahmad challenges both popularly held viewpoints regarding the nature of...
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This volume offers new insight into the debate over the underlying causes of the clash between Hindus and Muslims that continues to polarize India. Based on a thorough review of Indian history during the 19th and 20th centuries, Ahmad challenges both popularly held viewpoints regarding the nature of this conflict. His analysis of the emergence of the Muslim consciousness demonstrates how both selectivism and assimilation, rather than simply intrinsic differences and cultural conditions, have hallmarked this schism. India's struggle for identity is explained in terms of the interaction of religious, social, cultural, and global factors, and this wide perspective can hopefully illuminate the causes of similar conflicts throughout the former colonial world.
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Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims since Independence » Read Now
by Mushirul Hasan. 386 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

In the opening chapters of Legacy of a Divided Nation, Mushirul Hasan examines the origins of Muslim separatism under the British, the making of the partition of India, & the meaning of partition for a host of Muslim communities, individuals, & families. Next, Hasan examines the Nehruvian consensus...
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In the opening chapters of Legacy of a Divided Nation, Mushirul Hasan examines the origins of Muslim separatism under the British, the making of the partition of India, & the meaning of partition for a host of Muslim communities, individuals, & families. Next, Hasan examines the Nehruvian consensus from the 1940s to the 1990s, looking in particular at the reasons for the growth of communalism & the retreat of both Muslims & Hindus into communal political camps. The final section of the book surveys the state of India's Muslims in the period after December 6, 1992, when the Babri Mosque was demolished.
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Strategies of Passion: The Forces of Hindutva, in The Christian Century » Read Now
by Daniel Gold. 2 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the media and the bureaucracy, and the villages, where the great majority of Indians still live. In village India, for the most part, communal relations continue as before...
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The History-Thieves: Stealing the Muslim Past, in History Today » Read Now
by Akbar S. Ahmed. 3 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Rajmohan Gandhis book on the Muslims of India challenges many stereotypes and is a clear...including Jinnah (Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter, State...
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The Rhetoric of Hindu Nationalism: A Narrative of Mythic Redefinition, in Western Journal of Communication » Read Now
by Robert C. Rowland, Abhik Roy. 23 pgs.

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Islam and the Other: The Ideal Vision of Mawlana Wahiduddin Khan, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies » Read Now
by Irfan A. Omar. 16 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Muslim Perception of India and Hinduism (New Delhi...Theodore P. Wright, Jr., "Hindu-Muslim Stereotypes in South Asia," Journal...Nationalist Movement in India (New York:...
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From the Godhra Station, in The Christian Century » Read Now
by Vatsala Vedantam. 2 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the 1947 Hindu-Muslim riots...Kanchipuram in Southern India, to bring...solution to the Hindu-Muslim conflict...movement in Ayodhya, and the All-India Muslim...
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Riots and Victims: Violence and the Construction of Communal Identity among Bengali Muslims, 1905-1947 ("The Legacy of Non-Cooperation and Khilafat and the Hindu-Muslim Pact" begins on p. 63, and "The Swarajists and the Hindu-Muslim Pact" begins on p. 70) » Read Now
by Patricia A. Gossman. 186 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Democracy, Nationalism, and Communalism: The Colonial Legacy in South Asia » Read Now
by Asma Barlas. 241 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library