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Q 4) How did postcolonial India deal with the question of difference i.e. caste, class, gender, religious, regional, and linguistic differences? How and why did ethnic identities solidify in post-independence India? Discuss the political rise of Hindu nationalism/ethno-Hindusim in the last quarter of the twentieth century? According to Shani and Nussbaum, how and why did violence play an important role in this political vision? (Refer to Bose & Jalal, Ornit Shani, and Martha Nussbaum)