Kites over the Mango Tree : Restoring Harmony Between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat

by Powers, Janet M.

• ISBN13: 9780313351570
• ISBN10: 0313351570
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Kites over the Mango Tree reveals how the state-condoned violence of right-wing Hindus against Muslims and Christians in Gujarat is funded by Gujarati expatriates in the US, and how twenty secular organizations in Gujarat are working to restore inter-religious harmony.

Author Biography

Janet M. Powers is Professor Emerita of Interdisciplinary and Women's Studies at Gettysburg College.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. 1
Where Cultures Cross
1992 and 2002	p. 7
Kingdoms and Conquests	p. 21
European Dominance	p. 39
Mahatma Gandhi: Khilafat, Partition, and Beyond	p. 53
Where Hate Has a Home
The Sangh Parivar Organizations	p. 67
Muslim Reformers and Islamic Nationalists	p. 87
Motels and Convenience Stores	p. 103
Where Healing Is Possible
SEWA: Work as Antidote to Violence	p. 119
The Gujarat Harmony Project	p. 131
Recovering the Future	p. 153
Appendix	p. 171
Notes	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 197
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