Chapter 2. Bangalore in History: Empires, States, and Borderlands

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction: Identity in the Modern, Postcolonial World 1
5. Chapter 2. Bangalore in History: Empires, States, and Borderlands 20
6. Chapter 3. Rajkumar’s Abduction and a Dispute over Water 31
7. Chapter 4. The Kannada Movement and Tamil Revival 45
8. Chapter 5. “What? Legitimacy? Just Use Vivekananda in the Name of the Movement” 68
9. Chapter 6. Local Pluralisms: Domlur, Ulsoor, Malleswaram, and Melkote 119
10. Chapter 7. Statue Politics: Political Darshan and Urban Space 141
11. Chapter 8. The Psychiatric Troubling of Identity 164
12. Conclusion: The Kumaraswami Festival and Civility 187
13. Glossary and Abbreviations 195
14. Notes 197
15. References 217
16. Index 235