Another India: The Making of the World's Largest Muslim Minority, 1947-77 by Pra

Description: Another India by Pratinav Anil A fresh take on the history of post-independence India, revealing how Muslim leaders in Congress and the community abandoned those they claimed to represent. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Another India tells the story of the worlds biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian Muslims - elite and subaltern, secular and clerical, activist and apolitical - it brings the experience of the countrys Muslims under a single focus; and, by throwing light on the Indian Muslim condition during the first thirty years of independence, reflects on the true character of democratic India. What we have here is a rather different picture from received accounts of the worlds largest democracy.Challenging traditional histories of Nehrus India, Pratinav Anil shows that minority rights were neglected right from independence. Despite its best intentions, the Congress regime that ruled for three decades was often illiberal, intolerant and undemocratic. Muslims had to contend with discrimination, disadvantage, deindustrialisation, dispossession and disenfranchisement, as well as an unresponsive leadership.Anil demonstrates how the Muslim elite encouraged depoliticisation, taking up seemingly noble but largely inconsequential causes with little bearing on the lives of ordinary members of the community. There was no room for mass protests or collective solidarity in this version of Muslim politics. Another India explores this elite betrayal, whose consequences are still felt by Indias 200 million Muslims today. Author Biography Pratinav Anil is an historian of postcolonial India, currently teaching at the University of Oxford, whose writings have appeared in The Spectator, The Indian Express and History Today. He is the co-author (with Christophe Jaffrelot) of Indias First Dictatorship, also published by Hurst. Review [Another India] successfully punctures the myth that the secularism of Nehrus India was a golden age for Indian Muslims. -- The Spectator[This] book is particularly valuable in its treatment of Muslims as actors in their own right… . Essential reading for those who want to understand contemporary India, and for anyone concerned about the state of democracy in the world. -- Literary ReviewA devastating demolition of the myth created by dominant historiography that Nehru was the "generous and magnanimous torch-bearer of secularism." -- FrontlineAnils book raises… important questions that are worth answering. -- Open MagazineAn eye-opener. -- The Indian ExpressThe book offers a discussion which is as wide-ranging as it is granular. Hardly any sector escapes Anils attention. -- Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers AssociationProvides a unique perspective on the history of Indias Muslim minority following the tumultuous decades following the countrys independence in 1947. -- International Journal of Asian StudiesMeticulously researched, engaging and fun to read, Another India revokes the myth that Muslims were merely objects of Indian history. It is rare to come across writing brimming with this level of analytical clarity, insight and humour. -- Adeel Hussain, Assistant Professor of Legal and Political Theory, Leiden University, and author of Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in PakistanAnils powerful intervention demolishes the caricature of the Indian Muslims voice as an essay on victimhood. This richly textured analysis restores authorship to Indian Muslims in the complex story of their engagement with what ought to constitute the priorities of the minority community. -- Pallavi Raghavan, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Ashoka University, and author of Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India-Pakistan RelationshipAn important and ambitious study unpacking the idea of Muslim agency to make sense of the complex history of postcolonial Muslim politics. -- Hilal Ahmed, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, and author of Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial IndiaAnil details convincingly the story of Indian Muslims before and after Partition, exploring their (unsuccessful) struggle to secure political and cultural rights as well as recovering Muslim agency in the story of postcolonial India. A must-read. -- Katharine Adeney, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Nottingham, and author of Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan Long Description Another India tells the story of the worlds biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian Muslims--elite and subaltern, secular and clerical, activist and apolitical--it brings the experience of the countrys Muslims under a single focus; and, by throwing light on the Indian Muslim condition during the first thirty years of independence, reflects on the true character of democratic India. What we have here is a rather different picture from received accounts of the worlds largest democracy. Challenging traditional histories of Nehrus India, Pratinav Anil shows that minority rights were neglected right from independence. Despite its best intentions, the Congress regime that ruled for three decades was often illiberal, intolerant and undemocratic. Muslims had to contend with discrimination, disadvantage, deindustrialisation, dispossession and disenfranchisement, as well as an unresponsive leadership. Anil demonstrates how the Muslim elite encouraged depoliticisation, taking up seemingly noble but largely inconsequential causes with little bearing on the lives of ordinary members of the community. There was no room for mass protests or collective solidarity in this version of Muslim politics. Another India explores this elite betrayal, whose consequences are still felt by Indias 200 million Muslims today. Review Quote Meticulously researched, engaging and fun to read, Another India revokes the myth that Muslims were merely objects of Indian history. It is rare to come across writing brimming with this level of analytical clarity, insight and humour. Details ISBN1787388085 Author Pratinav Anil Pages 432 Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781787388086 Format Hardcover Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 4 Illustrations, black and white ISBN-10 1787388085 Publication Date 2023-04-20 NZ Release Date 2023-04-20 UK Release Date 2023-04-20 Subtitle The Making of the Worlds Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–77 DEWEY 305.697095409045 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-06-30 Alternative 9781805263272 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142669742;

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