Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS:
Preface;
Section 1: Saffronization and the Neoliberal State;
The ‘Civil Warriors’ for Hindu Rashtra;
Hindutva is the Real Threat;
Soft Hindutva of the Congress;
A Metaphor Called Hashimpura;
Auschwitz of Our Times;
Modi’s Gujarat;
Gang Rape in Modirashtra;
Saffron Terror: Nanded;
Malegaon Bomb Blast Trail;
Bal Thackeray’s ‘Big Heart’;
Goa: Communal Tinderbox Waiting to Explode;
Hindutva Charities and IT Tribunal;
Pension to the Victims of Emergency;
Political Hindutva;
Experiments in Indoctrination: Rajasthan and Karnataka;
‘Character Builders of the Nation’ and Mr Shekhawat;
The Yogi and the Fanatic;
Ayodhya: Mutts of Crime;
Nepal Has Done It;
One India, Two Peoples;
Phoney Jihadis, Real Culprits;
Silent Emergence of Hindu Terrorism;
Malegaon to Modasa Blasts;
Hindutva Terror in Karnataka;
Between ‘Spiritual’ and ‘Criminal’;
More on Character Builders;
‘Hindu rashtra’ in Delhi;
Welcome Mossad!;
Can the Saffrons Bounce Back?;
Section 2: Logic of Caste in New India;
Silence of the Lambs: Untouchability and India’s (D)urban Elite;
Inverting Dalit Consciousness;
Subverting the Shudra-Atishudra Revolution;
Calamity and Discrimination;
Dalits: Law as Paper Tiger;
Khairlanji: All Nero’s Brethren;
Touchable Crimes;
Thinking Kambalapalli in Times of Khairlanji;
Tsundur: A Milestone in the Movement for Dalit Emancipation284.Dalits in ‘Hindu Rashtra’;
Horrors of Caste Discrimination in Ashram Schools;
Looking for Brahmeshwar ‘the Absconder’;
False Caste Certificates;
Ghettos of a New Kind: Autonomy and Discrimination;
Viva Academic Untouchability: Reservation in Faculty Recruitment;
Section 3: State and Human Rights;
‘Private’ Armies and ‘Public’ State;
Brutalising Inmates the ‘Tihar Way’;
The ‘Andhra Way’;
Books as Crime;
Irom Sharmila: ‘Great Resister’ of Manipur;
Stigmatising Social Protests;
Any Apologies for Paddars?;
Children’s Doctor and a Mighty State;
People as Trophies in Gujarat;
Who Will Judge the Judges?;
Put Up a Poster, Go to Jail!;
How to Make a Terrorist of an Innocent Person and Say it Works;
When Lawyers Masquerade as Judges;
Writing Equals Sedition;
Who Would Wipe Professor Radoo’s Tears?;
A Two Minute Silence for Naushad Kashimji;
Whether Human Rights of Prisoners Stand Suspended?;
Social Profiling : Indian Style;
And Quiet Flows the Yamuna: A Court Order and its Aftermath;
Sex Choice as Advertisement, Rape as Infotainment;
Can India Emulate the ‘Other Bombay’?;
‘Sacred’ Pollution;
God and Faith in the Life of Indians;
Bailing Out Dow Chemicals;
Beyond Ableism;
Company Secretary to Replace Inspector:Another Move to Appease India Inc and Let Down the Workers;
Index.