Creating a Nationality: The Ramjanmabhumi Movement and Fear of the Self

By Ashis Nandy and Shail Mayaram

Book Overview

The destruction of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in December 1992 was a watershed in the politics of independent India. It was also an apocalyptic turning-point for community life at Ayodhya, and for the highly interdependent cultural lives of Hindus and Muslims living there. This book narrates how Ayodhya's inhabitants experienced the events that led up to and followed the destruction of the mosque.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195635884
• ISBN13: 9780195635881
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.7" x 5.5"