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100			_aBhattacharjee, Kishalay
245			_aWhere the madness lies : citizen accounts of identity and nationalism
260			_bOrient BlackSwan, _aHyderabad : _c2023
300			_axiv, 287 p. ; _c22 cm
365			_b950.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe idea of citizenship today conveys a static dullness, a clerical certification, and a fixed sense of identity. By re-examining the relationship between citizenship and nationality, Where the Madness Lies redefines the multiple sources of identity that ordinary people contend with. Citizenship becomes a critical theatre where diverse identities crisscross to create new forms of meaning and interaction. Drawing from years of on-ground reportage, extensive interviews and fieldwork, the book foregrounds the perspectives of ordinary, often marginalised Indians and their everyday negotiations to carve out a place in their own country. The author makes poignant use of family histories, memories, experiences of migration and dislocation, and genealogies to expand upon the theme of identity. A series of compelling stories take readers from Shillong to Jalandhar, to Banaras, Guwahati, Hyderabad, and Hampi, using the voices of residents to inform us of what it means to be a citizen and ask: How does exclusion work?
650			_aIdeology
650			_aIdentity
650			_aSociety
650			_aMulticultural
650			_aNation
650			_aNotion
650			_aDemocracy
650			_aIndianness
650			_aCitizenship
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