TY - GEN T1 - Alternative Indias : writing, nation and communalism T2 - Cross/cultures ; A2 - Morey, Peter A2 - Tickell, Alex LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; New York PB - Rodopi YR - 2005 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm70697158 AB - The debate over whether religious or secular identities provide the most viable model for a wider national identity has been a continuous feature of Indian politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Moreover, in the last thirty years the increasingly communal articulation of popular politics and the gradual rise of a constellation of Hindu nationalist parties headed by the BJP has increased the urgency of this debate. While Indian writing in English has fostered a long tradition of political dissent, and has repeatedly questioned ethnocentric, culturally exclusive forms of p. OP - 238 CN - PK5410.N37 A58 2005eb SN - 1423789040 SN - 9781423789048 SN - 9789401202596 SN - 9401202591 SN - 9789042019270 SN - 9042019271 KW - Nationalism in literature. KW - Communalism in literature. KW - Writing in literature. KW - Religion and literature : India. KW - Nationalisme dans la littérature. KW - Communalisme dans la littérature. KW - Écriture dans la littérature. KW - Religion et littérature : Inde. KW - TRAVEL : Special Interest : Literary. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : General. KW - Communalism in literature KW - Nationalism in literature KW - Religion and literature KW - Writing in literature KW - India KW - Electronic book. ER -