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Description:Key Features Eleven brilliant, essays by scholars and academicians addressing the issue of the lives of Muslims in Indian cities Comes with a lot of praise in international circuits and has generated great interest in socio-political circles in India Christophe Jaffrelot is one of the most respected names writing on Indian society, politics & will receive great media attention About the Book: Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation 'Christophe Jaffrelot's range of scholarship is amazing, and hisnew book .... co-edited with Laurent Gayer, illustrates well hiswide-ranging interests. The contributions are instructive andinsightful and cover a much-neglected theme in contemporary SouthAsia'-Mushirul Hasan Numbering more than 150 million, Muslims constitute the largestminority in India, yet suffer the most politically andsocio-economically. Forced to contend with severe and persistentprejudice, India's Muslims are often targets of violence. In India's cities, these developments find contrastingexpressions. While the quality of Muslim life may lag behind thatof Hindus nationally, local and inclusive cultures have beenresilient in the south and the east. In the Hindi belt and in thenorth, Muslims have known less peace, especially in the riot-proneareas of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Aligarh, and in the capitalsof former Muslim states-Delhi, Hyderabad, Bhopal and Lucknow. Thesecities are rife with Muslim ghettos and slums. However,self-segregation has also played a part in forming Muslim enclaves,such as in Delhi and Aligarh, where traditional elites and a newMuslim middle class have regrouped for physical and culturalprotection. Combining first-hand testimony with sound critical analysis,this volume follows urban Muslim life in eleven Indian cities,providing uncommon insight into a little-known subject of immenseimportance and consequence. About the Authors: Christophe Jaffrelot, Laurent Gayer Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at CNRS anWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation. To get started finding Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Key Features Eleven brilliant, essays by scholars and academicians addressing the issue of the lives of Muslims in Indian cities Comes with a lot of praise in international circuits and has generated great interest in socio-political circles in India Christophe Jaffrelot is one of the most respected names writing on Indian society, politics & will receive great media attention About the Book: Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation 'Christophe Jaffrelot's range of scholarship is amazing, and hisnew book .... co-edited with Laurent Gayer, illustrates well hiswide-ranging interests. The contributions are instructive andinsightful and cover a much-neglected theme in contemporary SouthAsia'-Mushirul Hasan Numbering more than 150 million, Muslims constitute the largestminority in India, yet suffer the most politically andsocio-economically. Forced to contend with severe and persistentprejudice, India's Muslims are often targets of violence. In India's cities, these developments find contrastingexpressions. While the quality of Muslim life may lag behind thatof Hindus nationally, local and inclusive cultures have beenresilient in the south and the east. In the Hindi belt and in thenorth, Muslims have known less peace, especially in the riot-proneareas of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Aligarh, and in the capitalsof former Muslim states-Delhi, Hyderabad, Bhopal and Lucknow. Thesecities are rife with Muslim ghettos and slums. However,self-segregation has also played a part in forming Muslim enclaves,such as in Delhi and Aligarh, where traditional elites and a newMuslim middle class have regrouped for physical and culturalprotection. Combining first-hand testimony with sound critical analysis,this volume follows urban Muslim life in eleven Indian cities,providing uncommon insight into a little-known subject of immenseimportance and consequence. About the Authors: Christophe Jaffrelot, Laurent Gayer Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at CNRS anWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation. To get started finding Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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