Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Walking Away from the Theater of History 1
6. 1. Jinnealogy: Archival Amnesia and Islamic Theology in Post-Partition Delhi 19
7. 2. Saintly Visions: The Ethics of Elsewhen 55
8. 3. Strange(r)ness 89
9. 4. Desiring Women 117
10. 5. Translation 149
11. 6. Stones, Snakes, and Saints: Remembering the Vanished Sacred Geographies of Delhi 181
12. 7. The Shifting Enchantments of Ruins and Laws in Delhi 227
13. Conclusion: Remnants of Despair, Traces of Hope 259
14. Postscript 275
15. Notes 277
16. References 291
17. Index 307