Citation:
Subramanian, Ajantha. 2003. “Mukkuvar Modernity: Development as a Cultural Identity”. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y6dknazn
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Date Published:
Mar 1, 2003Abstract:
In the general elections of 1996, a village of Catholic fishers from the south Indian district of Kanyakumari voted overwhelmingly for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. In this essay, I explore the cultural politics of development that led to this curious alliance between a group of low caste (Mukkuvar) Catholics and a majoritarian politics that has consistently defined India?s Christians and Muslims as alien threats to the "Hindu nation."