Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Ancient India: Was it a Golden Period?
Medieval India: Dark Era or Foundations of Syncretism?
Gandhi and Godse: Nationalism, Hindutva and the Freedom Struggle
The Partition: Who was Responsible?
The Kashmir Imbroglio: How Green is the Valley?
The Babri Masjid - Ram Janambhoomi Dispute: Abode of Ram or House of Allah?
Minorities in Secular India: Appeasement or Maltreatment?
Crime and (No) Punishment: Communal Violence, Inquiry Commissions and Deliverance of Justice
Spreading the Word: Conversions and Anti-Christian Violence
Ram Rajya: Religious Nationalism or Secular Democracy
Hindutva: Fanatical Faith or Political Tool?
Unmaking the State: Rewriting the Constitution
God Willing: Genesis of Terrorism, Motives of War and Islam
The Gujarat Experiment: Programmed for Pogrom
Epilogue
References
Index

About the Author

Ram Puniyani is currently the Chairman at the Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai. He was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Mumbai, and took voluntary retirement in 2004, and is currently working for communal harmony. He has been involved with human rights activities for the past two decades. He has also involved himself with groups working for workers’ rights. Ram Puniyani is also associated with various secular and democratic initiatives, namely, All India Secular Forum, Center for Study of Society and Secularism, and Anhad.