ContentsIntroductionOne nation?1. "But we aren't even one nation"2. Yes, India is different3. Not just Macaulay's offspring4. An example of the consequences5. Will amnesia build a nation?6. Nationalism: Things to doMatters of religion7. Getting down to specifics8. What are "matters of religion"9. The real character of institutionsThe Shariat and the Common Civil Code10. Sacrosanct? Since when ??11. Why was the Bill necessary at all?12. But what is the "Shariat" ?13. What was the hullabaloo about?14. Bound by a thing of this sort?15. How is religion endangered ?16. Common Civil Code: The Founding Fathers' Intent17. Common Civil Code: The way aheadKya "voh ghiste ghiste ghis jaayegi"?18. Voh "ghiste ghiste ghis jaayegi"
A SECULAR AGDI19. Article 370: Behind the Curtain20. A device that undermines itself21. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses22. A vital reform23. No time to relentA country or a waste-paper basket ?24. A country or a waste-paper basket?25. A telling contrast26. How countries kill themselves27. Entangling them28. A Note, begets a Note, begets a...29. "We beg of the Prime Minister..."30. "Not able to sort of count them"31. The real problem, the real solutionAppendix I:Problem of Infiltration from BangladeshAppendix II:Migration: Secularism vs. FundamentalismHindu-Muslim relations32. The journey of a thousand miles33. Vital distinctions34. Is A Grand Reconciliation' what we need?The Secularists' discourse35. The poor chaps !36. From Aliens to the Alienated37. Read before you quoteIndex