Pogrom in Gujarat [ Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim violence in India

In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , 2012
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001556/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Why do you leave? fight for us!"
  • 2. Word and image
  • 3. The Gujarat pogrom
  • 4. The lack of Muslim vulnerability
  • 5. Vibrant vegetarian Gujarat
  • 6. Ahimsa, Gandhi, and the Angry Hindu
  • 7. Split city body
  • 8. Heterogeneity and the nation