This book offers a long-term perspective on the eruption in Ayodhya, showing its connection to the perennial question of Indian national identity. It explores the growing momentum of economic reform, despite the Bombay stock market scandal and the riots and bombings of early 1993.
Biography
Philip Oldenburg is an independent scholar who teaches at Columbia University. He is the author of various publications on India, the most recent of which is the article Sex Ratio, Son Preference, and Violence in India: A Research Note. Dr. Oldenburg is currently conducting research on grass-roots governance in India.