01191pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002100040245004600061260000900107300001300116362001200129520067100141650001300812650001500825773003800840909001000878999001700888952010400905180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGould, Harold A.  aThe Babri Masjid and the secular contract  c1998  ap.507-26  aJul-Dec  aThis study examines the social-historical roots of the politicisation of the Babri Masjid. It suggests that the contemporary symbolic manipulation of this historic structure, culminating in its physical destruction by the Sangh Parivar in 1992, for the purpose of legitimising the propagation of a Hindu ethno-religion state, constitutes a fanciful reformation of traditional Indian statecraft. It also suggests that the process of `de-secularisation' of the Indian state has been aided and abetted through the years by the ostensibly secular Congress Party's periodical willingness to play the communal card whenever this suited its tactical interests. - Reproduced  aReligion  aSecularism  aContributions to Indian Sociology  a40698  c40698d40698  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 32, Issue no: 2pAR41073r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR