Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion : opium of the masses or-- / Ram Puniyani -- Globalisation and communalism : locating contemporary political discourse in the context of liberalisation / V. Krishna Ananth -- Terrorism and imperialism : two sides of the same coin / Thomas Sebastian -- Islam, terrorism, and the new world order / Jawaid Quddus -- Syncretism and communal harmony in Bengal / J.J. Roy Burman -- RSS and the raj / Shamsul Islam -- Hindutva and Indian diaspora / Jawaid Quddus -- Hindutva and weaker sections : conflict between dominance and resistance / Prakash Louis -- Mobilisation for Hindutva / Manjari Katju -- Fundamentalism, communalism, and gender justice / Vibhuti Patel -- Hindutva agenda and dalits / Anand Teltumbde -- The Supreme Court, media, and UCC debate / Flavia Agnes -- Educational backwardness among the Muslims in India : a case of misrepresentation? / Ranu Jain -- Violence against the cross / Sarto Esteves -- Gujarat-Hindu Rashtra Laboratory / Uday Mehta -- After Gujarat-- : making sense of reports on the post-Godhra violence and its aftermath / Rowena Robinson and D. Parthasarathy.