1st Edition

Minority Nationalisms in South Asia

168 Pages

by Routledge

168 Pages

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168 Pages

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South Asia is the theatre of myriad experimentations with nationalisms of various kinds - religious, linguistic, religio-linguistic, composite, plural and exclusivist. In all the region’s major states, officially promulgated nationalism at various times has been fiercely contested by minority groups intent on preserving what they see as the pristine purity of their own cultural inheritance.... Read more

Introduction Tanweer Fazal, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Beyond Imagined Community: The theory and Praxis of Naga nation Making Sajal Nag, Professor of History, University of Silchar, Assam, India

‘We are with history but without geography’: Understanding Sylheti identity in post-partition India Nabonipa Bhattacharya, Sociologist, University of Delhi, India

Amidst the Winds of Change: The Hindu Minority in Bangladesh Meghna Guhathakurta, Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Pakistani State and Religious Minorities: An Overview of Policies and Practices Tariq Rahman, Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Between Two Nationalisms: The Politics of Muslim Identity in Sri Lanka Mohd. Numan, Ulama and the National Imagery in India Arshad Alam, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

The Multiple Self: interfaces between Pakhtoon nationalism and religious conflict in the Frontier Rubina Saigol

Nationalism and the Rights Discourse in India Tanweer Fazal