"Civilian control over the military is widely hailed as among the biggest successes of India's democracy. This is a rarity, especially among post-colonial states, and is rightfully celebrated. But has this come at a cost? In The Absent Dialogue, Anit Mukherjee argues that the pa…
Conflict Change and Persistence: The India-Pakistan and Arab-Israeli Conflicts Compared traces the roots of two of the longest and most severe enduring rivalries of our time--the India-Pakistan and Arab-Israeli conflicts. This book compares trends of development and change over …
With reference to partition of India in 1947 and its reflections.
Born in privation and civil war, divided by caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. This book tells the full story, the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories, of the world's largest and least …
Anatomy of a riot: vulnerable male bodies in Manto and other fictions -- The violence of memory: women's re-narrations of the partition -- Atrocious encounters: caste violence and state violence -- "Are you a man?": performing naked in India -- "This is not a performance!": publ…
