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Muslims in Indian cities: trajectories of marginalisation

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: HarperCollins Publishers 2012 GurugramDescription: x,403 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9789350295465
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.69709540 M8
Summary: ‘[This] substantial volume at once illuminates empirical conditions and tests theories about ghettoization, integration, and the political attitudes of India’s urban Muslims’ – Sunil Khilnani ‘Christophe Jaffrelot’s range of scholarship is amazing, and his new book … co-edited with Laurent Gayer, illustrates well his wide-ranging interests. The contributions are instructive and insightful and cover a much-neglected theme in contemporary South Asia’ – Mushirul Hasan Numbering more than 150 million, Muslims constitute the largest minority in India, yet suffer the most politically and socio-economically. Forced to contend with severe and persistent prejudice, India’s Muslims are often targets of violence. In India’s cities, these developments find contrasting expressions. While the quality of Muslim life may lag behind that of Hindus nationally, local and inclusive cultures have been resilient in the south and the east. In the Hindi belt and in the north, Muslims have known less peace, especially in the riot-prone areas of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Aligarh, and in the capitals of former Muslim states – Delhi, Hyderabad, Bhopal and Lucknow. These cities 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 new Muslim middle class have regrouped for physical and cultural protection. Combining first-hand testimony with sound critical analysis, this volume follows urban Muslim life in eleven Indian cities, providing uncommon insight into a litde-known subject of immense importance and consequence. https://harpercollins.co.in/product/muslims-in-indian-cities-trajectories-of-marginalisation/
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Table of contents

Introduction: Muslims of the Indian city. from centrality to marginality / Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot --
 "unwanted in my city" the making of a "Muslim slum" in Mumbai / Qudsiya Contractor --
Facing ghettoisation in "riot-city": old Ahmedabad and juhapura between victimisation and self-help / Christophe Jaffrelot and Charlotte Thomas --
Ramganj, Jaipur: from occupation-based to "communal" neighbourhood? / Gayatri Jai Singh Rathore --
A minority within a minority: the Shias of Kashmiri Mohalla Lucknow / Gilles Verniers --
Aligarh: from Sir Syed Nagar to Shah Jamal, contrasted tales of a "Muslim" city / Juliette Galonnier --
Bhopal Muslims: besieged in the old city? / Christophe Jaffrelot and Shazia Wuìlbers Aziz --
Muslims of Hyderabad: land locked in the walled city / Neena Ambre Rao and S. Abdul Thaha --
Safe and sound: searching for a "good environment" in Abul Fazl Enclave, Delhi / Laurent Gayer --
Marginalised in a syncretic city: Muslims in Cuttack / Pralay Kanungo --
Calicut's kuttichira: exclusivity maintained proudly / Radhika Kanchana --
Muslims in Bangalore: a minority at ease? / Aminah Mohammad-Arif --
Conclusion: "In their place"? the trajectories of marginalisation of India's urban Muslims --
Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot --
Annex: Hindu/Muslim riots in post-independence India.

‘[This] substantial volume at once illuminates empirical conditions and tests theories about ghettoization, integration, and the political attitudes of India’s urban Muslims’ – Sunil Khilnani ‘Christophe Jaffrelot’s range of scholarship is amazing, and his new book … co-edited with Laurent Gayer, illustrates well his wide-ranging interests. The contributions are instructive and insightful and cover a much-neglected theme in contemporary South Asia’ – Mushirul Hasan Numbering more than 150 million, Muslims constitute the largest minority in India, yet suffer the most politically and socio-economically. Forced to contend with severe and persistent prejudice, India’s Muslims are often targets of violence. In India’s cities, these developments find contrasting expressions. While the quality of Muslim life may lag behind that of Hindus nationally, local and inclusive cultures have been resilient in the south and the east. In the Hindi belt and in the north, Muslims have known less peace, especially in the riot-prone areas of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Aligarh, and in the capitals of former Muslim states – Delhi, Hyderabad, Bhopal and Lucknow. These cities 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 new Muslim middle class have regrouped for physical and cultural protection. Combining first-hand testimony with sound critical analysis, this volume follows urban Muslim life in eleven Indian cities, providing uncommon insight into a litde-known subject of immense importance and consequence.

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