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100			_aNambiar, Harish.
245			_aDefragmenting India _b: Riding a Bullet through the Gathering Storm _c/ Harish Nambiar
260			_aNew Delhi _b: SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. _c, 2012.
300			_aix, 240 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_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.
650			_aSocial conflict -- India Communalism -- India
655			_aCultural pluralism -- India
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