Attributing and rejecting the label 'Hindu' in North India

Religion Language and Power

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 186-201

  Searle Chatterjee, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203926857     Document Type: Chapter

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