Foreword by Homi K. BhabhaAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Questions of History1 A Small History of Subaltern Studies2 Subaltern Histories and Post-Enlightenment Rationalism3 Modernity and the Past: A Critical Tribute to Ashis NandyPart Two: Practices of Modernity4 Khadi and the Political Man5 Of Garbage, Modernity, and the Citizen's Gaze6 Governmental Roots of Modern EthnicityPart Three: The Ethical and the In-Human7 The Subject of Law and the Subject of Narratives8 Memories of Displacement: The Poetry and Prejudice of Dwelling9 The In-Human and the Ethical in Communal ViolenceNotesIndex