India @75

Religion and Citizenship in India

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ID6170650
AuthorsMadhav Khosla (0000-0002-5926-1390, New York Law School), Milan Vaishnav (0000-0002-7696-125X, New York Law School, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume10
Issue1
Pages8-13
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Indian Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2321-0230 • E-ISSN: 2321-7472
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23210230221082800
OpenAlexW4281617065
LanguageEN
References cited6

As India celebrates 75 years of independence, fresh questions are being raised about who is an Indian. This essay introduces a special section of Studies in Indian Politics which puts forward answers to this question considering recent tectonic changes in India’s political climate and party system. We outline how religion is being increasingly adopted as a filter through which citizenship is decided—both in formal, legal terms as well as in informal terms. The special section delves deeper into this terrain, exploring several critical themes: de jure changes to India’s citizenship regime, the relationship between Hindu nationalism and liberal democracy, the judiciary’s role in adjudicating religious disputes, the Muslim community’s response to recent policy shifts and the changing nature of electoral coalition building. Taken together, the articles in this section represent a signal contribution to ongoing debates in India—and elsewhere—on democracy, nationalism and inclusion

Citizenship · Constitution of India · Democracy · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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