Book Title | People Without History Indias Muslim Ghettos |
Book Author | Imran Ahmed Siddiqui |
Total Pages | 273 |
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Language | English |
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People Without History India’s Muslim Ghettos by Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
People Without History India’s Muslim Ghettos
This book is about life in the inner-city areas of Kolkata’s poor, mainly Muslim settlements.
The reason for this focus is twofold: the growing separation of Muslims in India from the Hindu mainstream;
and the isolation of the poor from the image of contemporary India, which has successfully been projected to the world, embodied in cliches about the ‘powerhouse of tomorrow’, ‘waking giant’ and ‘future superpower.’
The rulers of India have become complacent as a result of the flattery they have received, much of it from their erstwhile imperial masters, and the fate of the poor in the euphoria of high economic growth figures has become a marginal concern.
No longer responsive to injustice and inequality, the government of India appears content to attribute gratuitous malevolence to those who resist; and although the Maoists are currently the principal public enemy, Muslims are rarely far behind, since it is believed that they will not hesitate to use violence and terror as means of securing their aim – an aim which the Hindu Right sees, absurdly, distortedly, as dominance.
The Muslim minority – some 150 million people – is perceived by many in India as a population of doubtful belonging and uncertain allegiance to the state.
This book is the result of an effort in which many people have participated and, although Imran Ahmed Siddiqui and Jeremy Seabrook are acknowledged as the principal authors and collaborators, it reflects the contribution of many people living and working in some of the city’s most forlorn
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