Marginalities and Mobilities among India's Muslims

List of Tables

List of Figures

Author Biographies

Preface

Introduction: The Muslim Question in Contemporary India

Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder S. Jodhka

SECTION I

Development Trajectories

1 Post-Sachar Indian Muslims: Facets of Socio-Economic Decline

Christophe Jaffrelot and Kalaiyarasan A.

2 Islam, Development and Globalization: Transformation of a Traditionalist Muslim Group in Kerala

M. S. Visakh and R. Santhosh

3 Degrees of Disadvantage: Education as Social Equalizer in India's Labour Market?

Mohd. Sanjeer Alam

SECTION II

Mobile Landscapes

4 Social Mobility Patterns, Opportunities, and Barriers: Muslims in Contemporary India

Divya Vaid

5 In the Middle of the Ocean and Land: Muslims of Mangalore

Shaunna Rodrigues

6 The Old and the New Muslim Middle Class: Classificatory Practices and Social Mobility

Tanweer Fazal

7 Delayed and Depleted: In Search of the Missing Muslim Middle Class in India

Amir Ali

8 Aspirations of Muslim Men in Delhi: Importance of Self-Employment in Jamia Nagar

Aashti Salman

SECTION III

Quest for Citizenship: Marginality, Mobility, and Violence

9 Swan Song: Muslim Musicians in Contemporary Banaras: Stories of Survival and Denial

Zarin Ahmad

10 Indian Muslims and the Ghettoised Economy: The Role of Negative Emotions on Occupational Choices in the Urban Labour Markets

Sumeet Mhaskar

11 From the Bigoted Julaha to the Terrorist: Stigma and Identity in Azamgarh

Manisha Sethi

12 Marginality among Muslims in Kerala: The Case of Marakkayar Community

Salah Punathil

Index