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Multiculturalism in the United States is commonly lauded as a positive social ideal celebrating the diversity of our nation. But, in reality, immigrants often feel pressured to create a singular formulation of their identity that does not reflect the diversity of cultures that exist in their homeland. Hindu Americans have faced this challenge over the last fifteen years, as the number of Indians that have immigrated to this country has more than doubled. In A Place at the Multicultural Table, Prema A. Kurien shows how various Hindu American organizations--religious, cultural, and political--are attempting to answer the puzzling questions of identity outside their homeland. Drawing on the experiences of both immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, Kurien demonstrates how religious ideas and practices are being imported, exported, and reshaped in the process. The result of this transnational movement is an American Hinduism--an organized, politicized, and standardized version of that which is found in India. This first in-depth look at Hinduism in the United States and the Hindu Indian American community helps readers to understand the private devotions, practices, and beliefs of Hindu Indian Americans as well as their political mobilization and activism. It explains the differences between immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, how both understand their religion and their identity, and it emphasizes the importance of the social and cultural context of the United States in influencing the development of an American Hinduism.

Hindus --- Hinduism --- Hindoos --- Religious adherents --- Religions --- Brahmanism --- United States

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Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new dispensation portrays conventional social hierarchies as intrinsic to Indian culture while condoning communal and caste- and gender-based violence. The contributors explore how Hindutva ideology has permeated the state apparatus and formal institutions, and how Hindutva activists exert control over civil society via vigilante groups, cultural policing and violence.

Hindutva. --- Nationalism --- Hindus --- History --- Politics and government --- Religious aspects --- Hinduism. --- India --- Hindoos --- Religious adherents --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Hindu nationalism --- Hinduism and state

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Through an analysis of the controversial Hindu Code Bill, this book explores the formative process of Indian law. It examines the family law reforms in India to understand the connection between legal reforms and social transformation.

Domestic relations --- Hindus --- Law reform --- Patriarchy --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica --- History --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Religious aspects --- Hinduism --- Androcracy --- Patriarchal families --- Fathers --- Families --- Male domination (Social structure) --- Patrilineal kinship --- Legal reform --- Hindoos --- Religious adherents --- Family law --- Marriage --- Persons (Law) --- Sex and law --- Law and legislation

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Badaga (Indic people) --- Hindus --- Refugees --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Hindoos --- Religious adherents --- Ethnology --- History. --- Badaga (Indic people). --- History --- Badig (Indic people) --- Badkar (Indic people) --- Badugei (Indic people) --- Gounder (Indic people) --- Gowder (Indic people) --- Odiyar (Indic people) --- Paṭakar (Indic people)

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Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, Beth Roy evocatively describes and analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950's. She provides a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families, while touching on a range of broader issues that are vital to the sociology of communities in conflict: the changing meaning of community; the impact of the state on local society; the nature of memory; and the force of neighborly enmity in reshaping power relationships during periods of change. Roy's findings illustrate important theoretical issues in psychology and sociology, and her conclusions will greatly interest students of ethnic/race relations, conflict resolution, the sociology of violence, agrarian society, and South Asia.

Communalism -- Bangladesh. --- Hindus -- Bangladesh. --- Muslims -- Bangladesh. --- Communalism --- Hindus --- Muslims --- South Asia --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Hindoos --- 1950s. --- agrarian society. --- analysis. --- asian history. --- bangladesh. --- community. --- conflict resolution. --- conflict. --- distribution of power. --- ethnicity. --- first person. --- hindu. --- interview. --- memory. --- muslim. --- neighbors. --- power structure. --- psychology. --- race relations. --- religion. --- religious studies. --- revolution. --- riot. --- small town. --- social change. --- sociology. --- south asia. --- true story. --- violence.