Negotiating conflict and accommodating identity in South Asia /

"Heidelberg series in South Asian and comparative studies"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: setting the context
Ethno-Regional Identity: conflicts in India: Institutionalization, Accommodation and political order
India between Scylla and Charybdis: negotiating the cliff of federalism
Whose language is Urdu?
Defining religion: the Indian Supreme court and hinduism
Modular Projects: socio-religious sensibilities and political imagination among the Daudi Bohras in modern South Asia
A tale begun in other days: understanding caste as social exclusion in India
Armed ethnic conflicts in Northeast India the Indian State's response: use of force and the Notion of proportionality
Managing diversity: power sharing or control? a comparison between Indian and Srilanka
Shifting frontiers: how Rajapaksa defended the regime against demands of Post-war accountability in Eelam War IV
Political reforms in the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan (FATA): will it end the current militancy?
Religion and Political mobilization in Bangladesh
Kashmir revisited: factoring governance, terrorism and Pakistan, as usual
Rivers in contention: is there a water war in South Asia's Future?
The Punjab crisis: a disastrous case of failed negotiations.