Preface (Salman Khurshid); Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Paperback Edition (Ather Farouqui); Introduction (Ather Farouqui); I: Contextualizing Urdu: 1. Urdu: Between Rights and the Nation (Pratap Bhanu Mehta); 2. Language, Legitimation, and the Identity Status of Urdu and Muslims (Yogendra Singh); 3. Urdu in India in the Twenty-first Century (Barbara D. Metcalf); 4. Strategies for the Survival of Formerly Dominant Languages (With Special Reference to Urdu)(Theodore P. Wright, Jr); II: Urdu and Identity Politics: 5. Madrasas and the Making of Muslim Identity (Arjumand Ara); 6.

The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai's In Custody (Amina Yaqin); 7. The Destiny of Urdu in Independent India: Language and Muslim Identity (Daniela Bredi);8. Whither Urdu? Language, Community, and Power in India Today (Kelly Pemberton); III: Civic Space, Education, and Urdu: 9. A Trinity without a Church: Urdu Language, Urdu Education in India, and Muslim Indians (Syed Shahabuddin); 10. Urdu Education in India: An Overview (Ather Farouqui); 11. A Foreigner's Reflections on the Status of Urdu and Urdu Education in India (Christina Oesterheld); 12. The Wardha Scheme of Basic Education and the Urdu Medium (Kerrin Gräfin von Schwerin); 13. Urduin India: Its Present State, and the Way Forward (Hasan Abdullah); 14.

Living with Urdu, Living without Urdu (J.S. Gandhi); IV: Minority Language and Community-Legal Concerns: 15. Education for Linguistic Minorities: The Legal Framework (Fali S. Nariman); 16. Minorities in the Twenty-first Century (SoliJ. Sorabjee); 17. Legal Aspects of Minority Languages (Yogesh Tyagi); Appendix 1: Delhi Urdu Conference; Appendix 2: Valedictory Address; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Index.