Religious sense and sensibilities

Besides introduction and conclusion, book has four chapters, Each chapter meticulously tracks past debates and political developments and often they are reinterpreted with the benefit of hindsight

Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia

Author: Neeti Nair

Publisher: Harvard University Press /HarperCollins India

Pages: 333

Price: Rs 669

Victimhood in Indian politics is easy to come by. Besides being used by numerous political leaders, including currently domineering personalities, chants of being “wronged” is the constant refrain of ideologically driven organisations and parties. This sentiment is at the root of the primary political divide in India, which exists, in the words of the author, between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse’s visions and the imagination of India. We in India are aware of the swiftness with which different communities of people claim to