The Life of Hinduism

14 A Brahmin Woman: Revenge Herself 218

Lalitambika Antarjanam

part vii diaspora

15 Hinduism in Pittsburgh: Creating the South

Indian “Hindu” Experience in the

United States 231

Vasudha Narayanan

16 A Diasporic Hindu Creed: Some Basic Features

of Hinduism 249

Sitansu S. Chakravarti

part viii identity

17 Militant Hinduism: Ayodhya and the Momentum

of Hindu Nationalism 257

John Stratton Hawley

18 Tolerant Hinduism: Shared Ritual Spaces—

Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul

Hamid 266

Vasudha Narayanan

19 Hinduism for Hindus: Taking Back Hindu

Studies 271

Shrinivas Tilak

20 Hinduism with Others: Interlogue 288

Laurie L. Patton and Chakravarthi

Ram-Prasad, with Kala Acharya

List of Contributors 301

Index 307