1. Introduction: Minorities and their nationalism(s): the terms of a discourse in South Asia Tanweer Fazal 2. Expanding imaginations: theory and praxis of Naga nation making in post colonial India Sajal Nag 3. The multiple self: interfaces between Pashtun nationalism and religious conflict on the frontier Rubina Saigol 4. ‘We are with culture but without geography’: locating Sylheti identity in contemporary India Nabanipa Bhattacharjee 5. Minority rights and the nationalist doctrine in India: contestation and coalescence in the public sphere Tanweer Fazal 6. ‘We can leave neither’: Mohamed Ali, Islam and Nationalism in colonial India M. Raisur Rahman 7. Contours of Muslim nationalism in Sri Lanka Zarin Ahmad 8. Amidst the winds of change: the Hindu minority in Bangladesh Meghna Guhathakurta 9. Pakistan’s policies and practices towards the religious minorities Tariq Rahman