Name: The Other India
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The Other India

Narratives of Terror, Communalism and Violence

Edited By: Om Prakash Dwivedi

£39.99

This book explores how identities and belonging are constructed in postcolonial India. Examining various texts and movies, it discusses how the nation is plagued by communal politics and terrorism, and offers a cogent alternative for creating solidarity.

This book engages with critical issues which create a proper understanding of how identities and belonging are imagined and constructed in postcolonial India. The contributors…

This book engages with critical issues which create a proper understanding of how identities and belonging are imagined and constructed in postcolonial India. The contributors have examined various texts and movies to discuss the implicit communal nature of postcolonial India. The book attempts to discuss the different ways in which India is badly plagued by communal politics and terrorism, and to offer a cogent alternative for creating a strong solidarity among different communities in India.

Om Prakash Dwivedi is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Taiz. His recent publications include Literature of the Indian Diaspora (New Delhi: Pencraft International) and Changing Nations/Changing Worlds: The Concept of Nation in the Transnational Era (Jaipur: Rawat Books). He is presently editing an anthology, Essays on Postcolonialism in the Age of Globalization.