Legacy Of A Divided Nation: India's Muslims From Independence To Ayodhya

by Mushirul Hasan

Overview

This book is regarded as a personal manifesto, a statement through the history of partition and its aftermath, of the values which India's Muslims should cherish and of the national priorities they should promote. It provides the reference-point for understanding India's Partition and its legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367009830
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2019
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.56(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Muslim Unity: Colonial and National Narratives 3. Making a Separate Nation 4. India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom 5. Secularism: The Post-colonial Predicament 6. Forging Secular Identities 7. Redefining Boundaries: Modernist Interpretations and the New 'Intellectual Structures' 8. Empowering Differences: Political Actions, Sectarian Violence and the Retreat of Secularism 9. Ayodhya and its Consequences: Reappraising Minority Identity

Editorial Reviews

Alas, though the topic needs serious study, this book's title and content do not match. Hasan (modern Indian history, Jamia Millia Islamia Univ., New Delhi) spends the first third of the book yet again refighting the battles among Muslims during India's independence movement. Then, after starting a discussion of the birth pangs of Pakistan and its effects on Muslims in India, he lapses into a discussion of century-old reformist movements within Indian Islam. The book is virtually over by the time he is set to discuss the fate of Muslims in post-independence India. With limited space, he briefly describes the pitiful state of education within the Muslim community and then how Muslims reacted to the destruction of the Babri Mosque in 1992. An informative book on India's Muslims during the 50 years since independence is badly needed, but this is not it.Donald Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota Lib., Minneapolis

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