01979cam a22003254a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700800410003401000170007502000220009204000260011404200080014004300120014805000250016008200170018510000190020224500610022126000680028230000210035036500160037150400660038750400510045350508190050465000240132365000420134765100360138965100450142585600910147085600920156113024771BD-DhUL20160727162156.0021209s2003 ii b 001 0 eng  a 2002155144 a0761996672 (pbk.) aDLCcBD-DhULdBD-DhUL apcc aa-ii---00aDS422.C64bP862 200300a954221bPUC1 aPuniyani, Ram.10aCommunal politics :bfacts versus myths /cRam Puniyani. aNew Delhi ;aThousand Oaks, Calif. :bSAGE Publications,c2003. a309 p. :c22 cm. aIRSb320.00 aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-295) and index. aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aAncient India: was it a golden period? -- Medieval India: dark era or foundation of syncretism? -- Gandhi and Godse: nationalism, Hindutva, and the freedom struggle -- The partition: who was responsible? -- Kashmir imbroglio: how green is the valley? -- Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi Dispute: abode of Ram or house of Allah? -- Minorities in 'secular' India: appeasement or maltreatment? -- Crime and (no) punishment: communal violence, inquiry commissions and deliverance of justice -- Spreading the word: conversions and anti-Christian violence -- Ram Rajya: religious nationalism or secular democracy -- Hindutva: fanatical faith or political tool? -- Unmaking the state: rewriting the constitution -- God willing: genesis of terrorism, motives of war and Islam -- The Gujarat experiment: programmed for pogrom. 0aCommunalismzIndia. 0aCommunalismxPolitical aspectszIndia 0aIndiaxPolitics and government. 0aIndiaxHistoryxErrors, inventions, etc.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2002155144-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2002155144-t.html