Table of Contents

Introduction 1 -- Part I -- GANDHI AND HIS CRITICS -- 1. Reconstructing Social Reform as Secularism: The Example of the Tamil Self-respecters/V. Geetha -- 2. The Political and Ecological Perspectives of Gandhi and Habermas/Nalini Rajan -- 3. Civil Disobedience to Suicide Terrorism — Such a Long Journey/Nalini Rajan -- Part II -- DALIT HISTORY: EXPLORATIONS INTO THE IDEA OF FRATERNITY -- 4. Dalit-Bahujan Rationality and the Persistence of Blood Sacrifi ce/Nalini Rajan -- 5. Caste and the Issue of Radical Alterity/Nalini Rajan -- 6. Social Suffering and Salvation: The Relevance of The Buddha and His Dhamma/V. Geetha -- Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship -- Part III -- ISLAMIC FEMINISM: MIXED DISCOURSE OF FAITH AND JUSTICE -- 7. Notes on the Veil, the Harem and Polygamy in Contemporary Islamic Cultures/Nalini Rajan -- 8. ‘Applying Laws to Their Advantage’: Muslim Women Debate Faith, Gender and Citizenship/V. Geetha -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.

About the Author

V. Geetha is a writer and translator. She is Editor at Tara Books.

Nalini Rajan is at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.