Fake Gods and False History: Being Indian in a contested Mumbai neighbourhood (Galton Jonathan)(Paperback)

A narrative of a central Mumbai neighborhood's divided community. In an age where history is a global battleground and fake news proliferates, culture wars are being waged across India over its future--majoritarian or inclusive, neoliberal or socialist, religious or secular? Fake Gods and False History takes us to the BDD Chawls, a central Mumbai neighborhood of tenement blocks (chawls) on the brink of a controversial redevelopment. It reveals how contested narratives of Indian history play out in the daily life of this divided neighborhood and how the legacies of certain godlike but very human historical figures, such as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji, are invoked by different communities. Jonathan Galton draws on research conducted among the formerly untouchable Dalit Buddhist community, who are staunchly opposed to the redevelopment plans and
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