South Asia is the theatre of myriad experimentations with
nationalisms of various kinds - religious, linguistic,
religio-linguistic, composite, plural and exclusivist. In all the
region s major states, officially promulgated nationalism at
various times has been fiercely contested by minority groups intent
on preserving what they see as the pristine purity of their own
cultural inheritance.
This volume examines the perspective of minority identities as
they negotiate their terms of co-existence, accommodation and
adaptation with several other competing identities within the
framework of the nation state in South Asia. It examines three
different kinds of minority articulations cultural conclaves with
real or fictitious attachments to an imaginary homeland, the
identity problems of dispersed minorities with no territorial
claims and the aspirations of indigenous communities, tribes or
ethnicities.
The essays in this volume offer a rich menu: the evolution of
Naga nationalism, the construction of the territory-less Sylheti
identity, the debates over Pashtun nationalism in Pakistan, the
evolution of Muslim nationalism in Sri Lanka, the politics of
religious minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan, the making of
minority politics in India, and questions of Islam and nationalism
in colonial India. It is an eclectic mix for students of
nationalism, politics, modern history and anyone interested in the
evolution of South Asia.
This book was published as a special issue of South Asian
History and Culture."
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