01126nam a22001577a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000210009224500890011326000600020230000250026252005990028765000500088665500320093620260527144149.0260527b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788132106562  a305.800 NAM  aNambiar, Harish.  aDefragmenting Indiab: Riding a Bullet through the Gathering Stormc/ Harish Nambiar  aNew Delhib: SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd.c, 2012.  aix, 240 p.c; 22 cm.  aThe book is a travelogue combined with social commentary set against the backdrop of the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. Journalist Harish Nambiar narrates a motorcycle journey across small towns and non-metro regions of India to explore the country’s social, cultural, and religious fault lines. Through encounters with ordinary people, folklore, oral histories, and political observations, the book examines identity, communal tension, modernization, migration, and the changing urban consciousness of India. It presents a layered portrait of India in transition after economic liberalization.  aSocial conflict -- India Communalism -- India  aCultural pluralism -- India