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100			_aNair, Neeti
245			_aHurt sentiments : secularism and belonging in South Asia
260			_bHarvard University Press, _c2023 _aCambridge :
300			_a333 p. ; _bill., _c25 cm
365			_b699.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAt the time of Partition and the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, it was widely expected that India would be "secular," home to members of different religious traditions and communities, whereas Pakistan would be a homeland for Muslims, and an Islamic state. Seventy-five years later, India is on the precipice of declaring itself a Hindu Rashtra, a Hindu state, whereas Pakistan has drawn increasingly narrow interpretations of what it means to be an Islamic state. Pakistan's once-eastern wing, now the independent nation-state of Bangladesh, has oscillated between professions of secularism and an Islamic ideology. Neeti Nair reveals how the various ideologies of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that were first debated in their constituent assemblies, evolved to support the claims of "hurt sentiments" of majoritarian communities - Hindus in India, and Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
650			_aBangladesh, History
650			_aIndia History Partition, 1947
650			_aSecularism
650			_aReligious intolerance
650			_a Persecution
650			_aIslam
650			_aHinduism
650			_aBharaytiya Janata Party(BJP)
650			_a Communalism
650			_a Frontier Provinces
650			_aMohatma Gandhi
650			_aKhan, Muhammad Ayub
650			_a Muslim League
650			_aNehru,Jawaharlal
650			_aRahman, Sheikh Mujibar
650			_aReligious minorities
650			_aTwo-nation theory
650			_aNathuram Godse
650			_aTrade Unions
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