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Educational material on Indian minorities, especially Muslims:

Dr. Ram Puniyani, working for EKTA, the Committee for Communal Amity, in Mumbai, India, has written or edited a number of educational books/booklets on Indian minorities in general, and Muslims in particular.

1. India's Tryst with Pluralism, Harmony, Democracy. Booklet that covers some of the myths about minorities in India, and also takes up freedom struggle, outlines the traditions of harmony and amity between different communities, the role of Kabir, Nanak, and Mahatma Gandhi in promoting communal amity. It also deflates the concept about temple breaking,
fights between Hindu Muslims etc. Published by Voice of the Exploited, Bombay Sarvodaya Friendship Center. To be ordered from Pradeep Deshpande, B-1, 252, Jeevdani Darshan, Arunodaya Nagar Mulund (W) Mumbai – 40008, India.

2. Communalism: What is False, What is true, Booklet dealing with following myths:

– Muslims Kings destroyed Hindu temples to humiliate them
– Islam spread in India on the strength of sword
– Muslims and Hindu kings fought with each other on religious grounds
– Muslims marry four times and produce more children
– Truth behind the Partition Tragedy
– The Kashmir Imbroglio
– Islam and terrorism
– Striving for secular society

The booklet is available from Sage Publications India, B- 42 Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi – 100017, India.

3. Communal Politics – An Illustrated Primer. Deals with the total spectrum of issues since the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. Covers an evaluation of the Mumbai riots, India's syncretic traditions, the rise and growth of communal politics, the myths of history, the nature of Hindutva politics, Hindutva and exploited sections of society. Richly illustrated with photographs, cartoons and visuals. To be ordered from Pradeep Deshpande, B-1, 252, Jeevdani Darshan, Arunodaya Nagar Mulund (W) Mumbai – 40008, India.

4. Fascism of Sangh Parivar. Deals with the concept of fascism, India's freedom struggle and the rise of communal politics, the role of Gandhi, and of the Hindu Mahasabha/RSS in the freedom struggle, the ideological and social base of Hindutva, and Hindutva and exploited sections of society. To be ordered from Media House, Delhi, India.

5. The Other Cheek – Minorities Under Threat. Collection of articles on the theme of communal politics/democracy/Gandhian values today/Gender/Caste and Communal Politics. To be ordered from Media House, Delhi, India.

6. Secular Challenge to Communal Politics. Anthology on Communal Problem. Features selected articles by Romila Thapar,
K.N. Panikkar, Asghar Ali Engineer, Mushirul Hasan, Imtiaz Ahmad, Rustom Bharucha, Tanika Sarkar, Ratna Kapoor, T. Jayaraman and Ram Puniyani. Published by Vikas Adhyan Kendra, D-1, Shivdham, 62 Link Road Malad (W), Mumbai – 400064, India.

7 . The Second Assasination of Gandhi. Freedom Struggle and Indian Nationalism. Deals with the concepts of nationalism, the rise of democratic nationalism and the communal nationalism. Outlines the role of Hindutva votaries like Savarkar and Vajpayee in the freedom struggle and then goes to explore the reasons behind Mahatma Gandhi's murder by an RSS ex-Prachark and close associate of Savarkar, namely Nathuram Godse. The book has been edited by Prof. Richard Bonney of
Leicester University, UK, and contains valuable documents related to the Gandhi murder. To be ordered from Media House, Delhi, India.