Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in IndiaDavid Ludden Today, powerful political forces seek to make the Indian state Hindu. Their rising influence since 1980 has occurred during a period of radical change in Indian society and politics, and has been accomplished by electoral means as well as by organized violence. The 1996 elections will be a major test of their power and of the influence of Hindu majoritarianism among the Indian electorate. |
Contents
The Iconography of Ramas Chariot | 27 |
Mass Movement or Elite Conspiracy? The Puzzle | 55 |
Communal Mobilization and Changing Majority | 81 |
Images Mobilization and Communalism | 98 |
Music the Media and Communal Relations in North | 119 |
Soldier Monks and Militant Sadhus | 140 |
The Hindu and the Muslim | 162 |
Colonial and National Narratives | 185 |
Colonial Legacies and Contemporary | 211 |
Communalism and Modernity | 235 |
Writing Violence | 250 |
Indian Nationalism and the Politics of Hindutva | 270 |
Glossary | 295 |
List of Contributors | 337 |