TY - GEN AU - Mehta, Nalin Ed. AU - Mehta, Mona G. Ed. TI - Gujarat beyond Gandhi : identity, society and conflict SN - 9781138349674 U1 - 954.75 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Art KW - India--Gujarat KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Civilization KW - Climatisation KW - Ventilation KW - air conditioning N1 - Contents Notes on Contributors vi 1. Gujarat beyond Gandhi: notes on identity, conflict and society Nalin Mehta and Mona G. Mehta 1 2. From Navnirman to the anti-Manda! riots: the political trajectory of Gujarat (1974--1985) Nagindas Sanghavi 14 3. Bootlegging, politics and corruption: state violence and the routine practices of public power in Gujarat (1985- 2002) Ornit Shani 28 4. A river of no dissent: Narmada Movement and coercive Gujarati nativism Mona G. Mehta 43 5. Special political zone: urban planning, spatial segregation and the infrastructure of violence in Ahmedabad Arvind Rajagopal 63 6. On the political use of disgust in Gujarat Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi 91 7. Ashis Nandy vs. the state of Gujarat: authoritarian developmentalism, democracy and the politics of Narendra Modi Nalin Mehta 111 8. Soteriological journeys and discourses of self-transformation: the Tablighi Jamaat and Svadhyaya in Gujarat Anindita Chakrabarti 131 9. An 'Imagined Community' in diaspora: Gujaratis in South Africa Goolam Vahed 149 Index 165 ER -