Religion, communities and development

Religion, communities and development changing contours of politics and policy in India / [electronic resource] : editors, Gurpreet Mahajan, Surinder S. Jodhka. - New Delhi [India] : Routledge, 2010. - xii, 336 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Religion, community and development / Gurpreet Mahajan -- 2. Political communalisation of religious and the crisis of secularism / D.L. Sheth -- 3. The sachar committee report and multiculturalism in India : questions of group equality and the public sphere / Amir Ali -- 4. Hindutva's discourse on development / Pralay Kanungo -- 5. Seva, Sangathanas and Gurus : service and the making of the Hindu nation / Sujata Patel -- 6. Development as liberation : an Indian Christian perspective / Rudolf C. Heredia -- 7. Indian Christians : trajectories of development / Rowena Robinson -- 8. Sikhs today : development, disparity and difference / Surinder S. Jodhka -- 9. Contemporary Muslim situation in India : a long-term view / Javeed Alam -- 10. Between identity and equity : an agenda for affirmative action for Muslims / Tanweer Fazal -- 11. Struggle for the margin or from the margin / Gopal Guru -- 12. Literacy, education and gender gap among socio-religious communities / Ravinder Kaur -- 13. Cultural rights of minorities during constitution-making : a re-reading / Rochana Bajpai -- 14. The Goan Muslim : presence through invisibility / V. SriRanjani.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203814079 (e-book : PDF)


India--Politics and government.
Religion--India.


Electronic books.