Comparative Studies of South Asia,
Africa and the Middle East

Vol. XIV | No. 1 | 1994



The Communal Problem in India, Part I
Guest edited by Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, Achin Vanaik




Praful Bidwai, Harbans Mukhia, Achin Vanaik: Secularism and Communalism: Political Assessments, Theoretical Explorations, Introduction

Rajni Kothari: Caste, Communalism and the Democratic Process

Manini Chatterji: The BJP: Political Mobilization for Hindutva

Aijaz Ahmad: Nation, Community, Violence

Rajeev Bhargava: How Not to Defend Secularism

Zoya Hasan: Communal Mobilization: Case Studies Party Politics and Communal Mobilization in Uttar Pradesh

Dipak Malik: Three Riots in Varanasi, 1989-90 to 1992

Ghanshyam Shah: The BJP and Backward Castes in Gujarat

M.S. Prabhakara: BJP and the North-East


Beyond Identity Politics, Part I


Edited by Vasant Kaiwar and Sucheta Mazumdar

Sadik J. Al-Azm: Islamic Fundamentalism Reconsidered: A Critical Outline of Problems, Ideas and Approaches, Part II

Amina H. Adan: Somalia: An Illusory Political Nation-State

Hassan N. Gardezi: Politics of Religion in PakistanŐs Election: An Assessment

Anju Kapur: Theorizing Women Writing in India