TY - BOOK AU - Puniyani,Ram TI - Communal politics: facts versus myths SN - 0761996672 (pbk.) AV - DS422.C64 P862 2003 U1 - 320.954 P984C 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE Publications KW - Communalism KW - India KW - Political aspects KW - Politics and government KW - History KW - Errors, inventions, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-295) and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Ancient India: was it a golden period? -- Medieval India: dark era or foundation of syncretism? -- Gandhi and Godse: nationalism, Hindutva, and the freedom struggle -- The partition: who was responsible? -- Kashmir imbroglio: how green is the valley? -- 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2002155144-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2002155144-t.html ER -