In the Name of the Secular: Contemporary Cultural Activism in India

by Rustom Bharucha

Internationally renowned author and activist Bharucha here analyzes a wide range of cultural pursuits and activities, from film to street theatre, from painting to literature, all of which can be seen as attempts to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on thestom
anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in Indiaich today.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published May 7, 1998