Community Conflicts and the State in India

by Amrita Basu (Editor)

Political conflicts around religious, caste and regional identities have multiplied in India. This volume brings together authoritative, original essays to explain the growing incidence of community conflicts in India by focusing on changes in the expression of community identity in relation
to changes in the character of the state.

300 pages, Hardcover

First published October 29, 1998

About the author

Dr. Amrita Basu is an ENT surgeon, previously a teacher in a medical college, author and mommy to a five-year-old little girl. She started writing two and a half years back when she realized she had a passion for sharing healthy lifestyle stories.

She is the author of six books, Fruits for Life: Nutrition secrets your doctor won’t tell,
Picky Eaters: Guaranteed hacks to make you happy and several publications online and offline.
She is the creator of Healthwealthbridge (healthwealthbridge.com) one of the top health –wellness mom blogs in India.Dr. Amrita has been featured in several top publications online and in print. Through the Healthwealthbridge blog and books .Dr. Amrita offers a refreshing perspective about living healthy, loving life and praying hard.If she is not researching her latest book, you can find her reading, pottering about her balcony garden or playing with her daughter.
Though she will forever be a Kolkata girl at heart, she shares a special relationship with Delhi and now lives in Malda town(India) with her husband and daughter.