Violence and Democracy in India

Introduction Beyond Exceptionalism: Violence and Democracy in India 1(35) Amrita Basu Srirupa Roy The Wagah Syndrome: Territorial Roots of Contemporary Violence in South Asia 36(47) Willem Van Schendel A Slap from the Hindu Nation 83(18) Raka Ray Rape and Murder in Gujarat: Violence against Muslim Women in the Struggle for Hindu Supremacy 101(22) Martha C. Nussbaum Powers of the Weak: Fear and Violation in the Discourse of Communalism 123(25) Usha Zacharias J. Devika Once, in Rangdum: Formations of Violence and Peace in Ladakh 148(25) Ravina Aggarwal Media, Terror, and Islam: The Shifting Media Landscape and Culture Talk in India 173(25) Paula Chakravartty Srinivas Lankala Mass Violence and the Wheels of Indian (In)Justice 198(25) Zoya Hasan Communalizing the Criminal or Criminalizing the Communal? Locating Minority Politics in Bangladesh 223(27) Dina M. Siddiqi Notes on Contributors 250(4) Index 254