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"In this vibrant collection of short fiction, editors Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle bring together a diverse group of writers from the Indian subcontinent and Australia to explore the themes of tolerance and intolerance"--Page 4 of cover.

Gendering Minorities: Muslim Women and the Politics of Modernity explores the politics of framing Muslim women s identity in India. Against the backdrop of colonial modernity, nationalist movements and post\-Independence dialogues, it provides details of the feminist enterprises that Muslim women in Kerala were involved in at several historical junctures. Examining Muslim women s negotiations with their cultural and religious identities, the author also analyses the exclusion and homogenisation that did not allow them to be viewed as active political agents. Through oral narratives, folk songs, journal entries, little magazines and historical documents, the chapters address the subjectivity of Muslim women in Kerala through their participation in diverse fields such as religion, governance, sufism, and in early twentieth\-century reform movements in Kerala. The author also examines the popular novel Barsa by Khadija Mumtas in the context of discourses on Islam in Kerala, stating that its construction of the Muslim woman as defined only by Islam is problematic. Through her engagement with women and Islam in Kerala, the author presents Muslim women as heterogenous subjects of differently conceived ideas of religion, shaped by different variables of time, region, class, ethnicity and culture.

To the Lighthouse is a classic of English literature and continues to enthral readers more than ninety years after it was first published. This definitive edition of the novel meticulously edited, annotated and introduced provides contextual and thematic information, and employs contemporary critical perspectives. Supplemented with a landmark critical study by Timothy Sutton, and the essay Modern Fiction by Woolf, this edition of To the Lighthouse brings the text and its contexts closer to the reader.

The General Elections of 2014 saw a resounding victory for the BJP. Projecting Narendra Modi as a decisive leader, the BJP promised sweeping changes from the Congress-led UPA governments. Its election campaign was built on the planks of sabka vikas (development for all) and freedom from corruption, along with improved governance. So, did the NDA-II government deliver on its promise of development? Or, as Amartya Sen asserted, did India take a 'quantum leap in the wrong direction'? A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction? compares the promises made during the run-up to the 2014 elections and the outcomes over the past five years. Each chapter of this book assesses different policies like demonetisation and GST; policies in the sectors of employment, agriculture, banking, and foreign affairs; its initiatives in the areas of health, education, environment, on gender, and for the marginalised sections. It assesses the government's successes in the area of governance and in addressing corruption.