Living With Secularism

The present volume tries to map the tensions and predicaments of Indian Muslims. The papers included here study the ways in which Hindu Right forces such as the RSS and the Bajrang Dal view the Muslims and in a certain sense construct them. Does the rise of Hindutva necessarily force the Muslims towards alienation or is there a section, which looks at the BJP differently? How does the stress on Indian pluralism translate in terms of Muslims' relationship with the state? What has been the response of the state to such demands? These are some of the questions that this volume tries to answer.