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Introduction: Differing Understandings,eir community center. Rather than seeing the installation of a text commonly associated with Sikhism in their Hindu institution as problematic, this community followed his suggestion, enshrining the Guru Granth Sahib under a canopy, much like the text is enshrined in Sikh . (institutions housing the

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Placing Sindhis,ny Sindh Hindus negotiated as they established their lives in diaspora. Sitting in the air-conditioned office of a Sindhi merchant in Lucknow, Daswani recalled his family’s response to Partition. Like many other Sindhi Hindus, his family remained in Hyderabad after Partition, anticipating that migra

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Debating Institutions, (Victory to Guru Nanak Dev).” On a cool Sunday morning in January, the handful of Sindhi Hindus in the . hall of the Hari Om Mandir responded by exclaiming, . (Victory)!” Singh’s long beard and turban made him stand out from the Sindhi Hindus, who were generally clean-shaven and covered their hair

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Defining Movements,open-air pavilion sat in quiet meditation, ignoring the hushed bustle behind them as people socialized, slept, and perused the booths selling devotional items at the back of the pavilion. Chants of . (Ram is truth)!” broke the silence in the front of the pavilion. Those who were meditating began to

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Presenting Sacred Figures,happened. Mirkhshah, a ruler in Sindh, summoned the leaders of the Hindus and, with the encouragement of several advisers, declared that all Hindus must convert to Islam or be killed. In response to their pleading, Mirkhshah gave the Hindus some time to make their choice.

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Celebrating Heritage,, which was packed with shoppers on a mid-April Saturday afternoon. While I waited for the procession in an open-air shop, a musician from the Hari Om Mandir arrived in an autorickshaw and explained the significance of Cheti Chand and Jhule Lal through a loudspeaker attached to his vehicle. A few mo

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Conclusion: Understanding Differences,ences to Hindu and Muslim participation in each other’s festivals, I found the analysis of these dynamics in contemporary India very limited. On the basis of those accounts, I had formed an assumption that the boundary separating Muslims and Hindus was clear, yet quite permeable. When I first encoun

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Debating Institutions, (Victory to Guru Nanak Dev).” On a cool Sunday morning in January, the handful of Sindhi Hindus in the . hall of the Hari Om Mandir responded by exclaiming, . (Victory)!” Singh’s long beard and turban made him stand out from the Sindhi Hindus, who were generally clean-shaven and covered their hair with a simple cloth while in the . hall.

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Presenting Sacred Figures,happened. Mirkhshah, a ruler in Sindh, summoned the leaders of the Hindus and, with the encouragement of several advisers, declared that all Hindus must convert to Islam or be killed. In response to their pleading, Mirkhshah gave the Hindus some time to make their choice.