Legacy of a Divided Nation India’s Muslims since Independence

This book is regarded as a personal manifesto, a statement through the history of partition and its aftermath, of the values which India's Muslims should cherish and of the national priorities they should promote. It provides the reference-point for understanding India's Partition and its legacy.

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Myth of Muslim Unity: Colonial and National Narratives -- Making a Separate Nation -- India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom -- Secularism: The Postcolonial Predicament -- Forging Secular Identities -- Redefining Boundaries: Modernist Interpretations and the New ‘Intellectual Structures’ -- Empowering Differences: Political Actions, Sectarian Violence and the Retreat of Secularism -- Ayodhya and Its Consequences: Reappraising Minority Identity -- Distribution of Muslim Population in India -- The Divine Law -- Resolutions of the All-India Jamiyat-Ulama-I Islam Conference, Calcutta, 31 October 1945* -- What Does Secularism Mean? (v one) -- Myths relating to minorities in India