Religion, Religiosity and Communalism

• Introduction Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, Achin Vanaik
• Communal Violence and the Transmutation of Identities Harbans Mukhia 25
• Radicalism of the Right and Logics of Secularism Aijaz Ahmad 37
• How Not to Defend Secularism Rajeev Bhargava 57
• Religion and Communalism Saral Jhingran 75
• The BJP: Political Mobilization for Hindiutva Manini Chatterjee 87
• Citizen's Inquiry Reports on Ayodhya and its Aftermath Kamal A Mitra Chenoy 107
• Communal Violence and the Role of Law Enforcement Agencies Asghar Ali Engineer 127
• Caste, Communalism and the Democratic Process Rajni Kothari 143
• Three Riots in Varanasi: 1989-1990, 1991 and 1992 Dipak Malik 157
• Minority Identity and its Dis

• : Ayodhya and its Aftermath Mushirul Hasan 167
• BJP and the North-East Ms Prabhakara 205
• The BJP and Backward Castes in Gujarat Ghanshyam Shah 217
• Educating the Children of the Hindu Rashtra: Notes on RSS Schools Tanika Sarkar 237
• Party Politics and Communal Mobilization in Uttar Pradesh Zoya Hasan 249
• Contributors 273