"As a thriving port city, nineteenth-century Bombay attracted migrants from across India and beyond. Nile Green's Bombay Islam traces the ties between industrialization, imperialism, and the production of religion to show how Muslim migration from the oceanic and continental hin…
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Account of the Hindu Muslim riots in Dhārāvi, Bombay during December 1992-January 1993.
Account of the Hindu Muslim riots in Dhārāvi, Bombay during December 1992-January 1993.
"Chronic Hindu-Muslim rioting in India has created a situation in which communal violence is both so normal and so varied in its manifestations that it would seem to defy effective analysis. Paul R. Brass, one of the world's preeminent experts on South Asia, has tracked more tha…
The religious identity of indegenous Gujjars in the Himilayan region remains largely unexplored. This book argues that their choice to associate with Deobandi Islam occurs in the wider context of conservation debates, local government-led efforts to relocate them from the Rajaji…
The religious identity of indegenous Gujjars in the Himilayan region remains largely unexplored. This book argues that their choice to associate with Deobandi Islam occurs in the wider context of conservation debates, local government-led efforts to relocate them from the Rajaji…
With the Hindu nationalist BJP now replacing the Congress as the only national political force, the communalization of the Indian polity has qualitatively advanced since the earlier edition of this book in 1997. This edition has been substantially reworked and updated with sever…
Examines the notion of citizenship for Muslims who were displaced after the Godhra violence in Gujarat in 2002.
Examines the notion of citizenship for Muslims who were displaced after the Godhra violence in Gujarat in 2002.
"Examines the notion of citizenship for Muslims who were displaced after the Godhra violence in Gujarat in 2002"