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The battle of belonging : on nationalism, patriotism, and what it means to be Indian /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Aleph Book Company,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue : a congenital Indian nationalist
- Section one: The idea of nationalism. The emergence of nationalism ; A very recent idea ; The significance of culture ; The prism of identity ; What makes patriotism different? ; Janus-faced nationalism ; The era of globalization ; The better nationalism ; A sense of belonging
- Section two: The idea of India. The basics ; The challenge of definition ; We are all minorities in India ; The constitution and Indian nationhood ; A living document ; 'Indic civilization' and Indianness
- Section three: The Hindutva idea of India. The doctrine of Hindutva ; Hindu rashtra updated ; A 'Hindu Pakistan' ; The fabrication of history ; Bharat mata ki jai
- Section four: The ongoing battle of belonging. A partition in the Indian soul ; Where we are, and how we got here ; The renewed Modi-fication of India ; The etiolation of democratic institutions ; The assertion of Hindi ; The Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens ; Kashmir and the end of autonomy ; Soft-signalling bigotry ; Ayodhya : enshrining Hindu rashtra
- Section five: The anxiety of nationhood. Gandhi's Hinduism vs. Hindutva ; Bharat vs. India ; Bending the constitution ; Beatitudes of belonging ; The north-south divide ; Reaffirming civic nationalism and patriotism
- Section six: Reclaiming India's soul. Where do we go from here? ; Fighting back ; Liberal constitutionalism and patriotism
- Epilogue : winning the battle of belonging.