Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps

Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of India

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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We live in an age when most Muslims take pride in singing Saare Jahan Se Achcha, penned by Muhammad Iqbal. Many though have forgotten that the same poet-philosopher called Ram as Imam-e-Hind. The Hindutva forces, meanwhile, have forgotten the unifying Saare Jahan Se Achcha in their pursuit of divisive nationalism. Their exclusionary politics stems from a mindset of self-limiting segregation: a world of ‘we’ and ‘they’, a world where a Muslim man is lynched for refusing to say ‘Vande Mataram’.Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps attempts to trace the growth of the Hindutva ideology from the time of V.D. Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar to the contemporary age, and how it precedes any talk of Muslim appeasement. Faced with these existential challenges, the Muslim community is involved in simultaneous churning within where the words of Islamic scholar and teacher Farhat Hashmi are bringing about a silent change at the grassroots level. Amidst all the challenges, the idea of India, often challenged, continues to show the way to a nation looking for direction.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-09
Mått139 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagSAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
ISBN9789352807345

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Ziya Us Salam is a noted literary and social commentator. A student of history from the University of Delhi, he is engaged in building bridges of commonality between communities through recourse to the Quran and the Vedas.He has been associated with The Hindu for almost two decades and has been its Features Editor for North India editions for 16 years. At present, he is an Associate Editor, Frontline, and writes on sociocultural issues for the magazine besides doing book reviews.A prolific and an acclaimed author, in 2019, he published Lynch Files, a take on victims of hate violence, and 365 Tales from Islam, a book that aims to introduce Islam to children. In the previous year, he had released Of Saffron Flags and Skull Caps, a take on the challenges to the idea of India, and Till Talaq Do Us Part, a study of various divorce options available in Islam. His book Delhi 4 Shows, a study of cinemas since the talkie era began, was released in 2016. His book Women in Masjid: A Quest for Justice was released recently.Ziya was a jury member of the International Film Festival of India (non-feature film, 2011), Best Writing on Cinema (2008) and Vatavaran.

Foreword by Dr Nirmala LakshmanPrefaceAcknowledgementsPART 1: HINDUTVAThe Idea of a Hindu NationHindutva and Hindu NationalismHindutva Precedes AppeasementURA: Hindutva and Hind SwarajHindutva and WomenHindutva and DalitsRediscovering National IconsIntegrating Sardar PatelAppropriating Bhagat SinghCo-opting Dr AmbedkarPandit Deendayal Upadhyay: Not Quite an IconMadan Mohan Malaviya: Early Hindu NationalistUnderstanding RSS and Fringe ElementsRSS and NationalismRSS and the TricolourThe Myth of the Holy CowCow Protection MovementGaurakshini Samitis Turn SenasRaksha Dals, Then and NowMajoritarianism and NationalismNation from the Historical LensM S Golwalkar and Irfan HabibConflict and Conciliation: Bipan Chandra’s WorldBabur NamaGopal Gandhi’s Dara ShukohAkbar as the New Age AurangzebRevisiting AurangzebPART 2: MUSLIM IDENTITYBeing MuslimI Am the ‘Other’The Other as the New NormalThe First MuslimExtraordinary Tales of Muslim WomenNot Easy Being a MuslimMuslims in Indian CitiesMuslims of Delhi and JammuJamaat and ReligionJamiat Ulama-e-HindA Muslim Leader Against PartitionJamaat-e-Islami HindTablighi JamaatSufism: Is It Islam?Aslam Parvaiz: One-man MovementJihad and IjtihadFatwa on TerrorismIslam and PracticesTriple Talaq and KhulaWomen’s Right to DivorceA Woman Leads Friday PrayersMuslim Women and MasjidNight of the New MoonMadrasas and Farhat HashmiConversion and ReconversionNot Being the OtherNoor Zaheer’s Heresy on HearsayOf Peace and WarA Mockery of SatirePART 3: THE IDEA OF INDIAEverybody an ImmigrantInnocent Acquitted, but How?Once Framed for Terrorism, Now a Symbol of NationalismA Humanist Despite Being Called a TerroristHashimpura: Chak De! IndiaSir Mohammed IqbalRearming HinduismReality of ConversionsUniform Civil CodeAge-old Glue: Commonalities in FaithIndia for IndiansReferences

This book is a must-read for every Indian. It brings out the frightening growth of religious communalism in India, which threatens to tear apart the delicate fabric woven by the Indian people over the centuries. Yet the author is optimistic that what will endure is this very practice of the Indian people living together for centuries evolving a syncretic, plural, multi-cultural society which our nation builders tried to promote as the ‘idea of India’.