Ram Puniyani is currently the Chairman at the Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai. He was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Mumbai, and took voluntary retirement in 2004, and is currently working for communal harmony. He has been involved with human rights activities for the past two decades. He has also involved himself with groups working for workers’ rights. Ram Puniyani is also associated with various secular and democratic initiatives, namely, All India Secular Forum, Center for Study of Society and Secularism, and Anhad.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Religion, Power and Violence - Ram PuniyaniReligion: Opium of the Masses or... - Ram PuniyaniGlobalisation and Communalism - V Krishna AnanthLocating Contemporary Political Discourse in the Context of LiberalisationTerrorism and Imperialism - Thomas SebastianTwo Sides of the Same CoinIslam Terrorism and the New World Order - Jawaid QuddusSyncretism and Communal Harmony in Bengal - J J Roy BurmanRSS and the Raj - Shamsul IslamHindutva and Indian Diaspora - Jawaid QuddusHindutva and Weaker Sections - Prakash LoiusConflict between Dominance and ResistanceMobilisation for Hidnutva - Manjari KatjuFundamentalism, Communalism and Gender Justice - Vibhuti PatelHindutva Agenda and Dalits - Anand TeltumbdeThe Supreme Court, Media and UCC debate - Flavia AgnesEducational Backwardness among the Muslims in India - Ranu JainA Case of Misrepresentation?Violence against the Cross - Sarto EstevesGujarat-Hindu Rashtra Laboratory - Uday MehtaAfter Gujarat: Making Sense of Reports on the Post-Godhra Violence and its Aftermath - Rowena Robinson, D ParthsarathyIndex