Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Rethinking Sikh nationalism in a global age; 2 From panth to qaum: The construction of a Sikh 'national' identity in colonial India; 3 The territorialization of the qaum: Sikh 'national' identity in independent India; 4 From Khalistan to Punjabiat: Globalization, Hindutva and the decline of Sikh militancy; 5 'The territorialization of memory': Sikh nationalism in the 'diaspora'
Summary
Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age examines the construction of a Sikh national identity in post-colonial India and the diaspora and explores the reasons for the failure of the movement for an independent Sikh state: Khalistan
