This book studies how marginality impacts the everyday lives of Indian Muslims. It challenges the prevailing myths and stereotypes through which Indian Muslims have come to be seen in the popular imagination. The volume engages with questions of citizenship, collective violence, and issues of civil and criminal jurisprudence.

List of Tables List of FiguresAuthor BiographiesPreface Introduction: The Muslim Question in Contemporary India Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder S. JodhkaSECTION IDevelopment Trajectories 1 Post-Sachar Indian Muslims: Facets of Socio-Economic Decline Christophe Jaffrelot and Kalaiyarasan A.2 Islam, Development and Globalization: Transformation of a Traditionalist Muslim Group in Kerala M. S. Visakh and R. Santhosh3 Degrees of Disadvantage: Education as Social Equalizer in India’s Labour Market? Mohd. Sanjeer AlamSECTION IIMobile Landscapes 4 Social Mobility Patterns, Opportunities, and Barriers: Muslims in Contemporary India Divya Vaid5 In the Middle of the Ocean and Land: Muslims of Mangalore Shaunna Rodrigues6 The Old and the New Muslim Middle Class: Classificatory Practices and Social Mobility Tanweer Fazal7 Delayed and Depleted: In Search of the Missing Muslim Middle Class in India Amir Ali8 Aspirations of Muslim Men in Delhi: Importance of Self-Employment in Jamia Nagar Aashti SalmanSECTION IIIQuest for Citizenship: Marginality, Mobility, and Violence 9 Swan Song: Muslim Musicians in Contemporary Banaras: Stories of Survival and Denial Zarin Ahmad10 Indian Muslims and the Ghettoised Economy: The Role of Negative Emotions on Occupational Choices in the Urban Labour Markets Sumeet Mhaskar11 From the Bigoted Julaha to the Terrorist: Stigma and Identity in Azamgarh Manisha Sethi12 Marginality among Muslims in Kerala: The Case of Marakkayar Community Salah PunathilIndex