Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 Rambhakts: Defining "Us" and Depicting "Our Story" 17
2 Ramayana: Historicizing Myth and Mythologizing History 45
3 Ramarajya: Envisioning the Future and Entrenching the Past 75
4 Ramjanmabhumi: Hinduizing Politics and Militarizing
Hindudom 109
5 Ramraksha: Ram-ifying the Society and Modi-fying the State 147
Conclusions 173
Glossary 185
Selected Bibliography 189
Index 207