Legacy of a divided nation : India's Muslims since independence / Mushirul Hasan.

The myth of Muslim unity: colonial and national narratives -- Making a separate nation -- India partitioned: the other face of freedom -- Secularism: the post-colonial predicament -- Forging secular identities -- Redefining boundaries: modernist interpretations and the new 'intellectual structures' -- Empowering differences: political actions, sectarian violence and the retreat of secularism -- Ayodhya and its consequences: reappraising minority identity -- Appendix A. Distribution of Muslim population in India -- Appendix B. The Divine Law -- Appendix C. Resolutions of the All-India Jamiyat-Ulama-i Islam conference, Calcutta, 31 October 1945 -- Appendix D. 'What does secularism mean?' -- Appendix E. 'Myths relating to minorities in India.'