01294nam a22001457a 4500020001800000082002100018100001700039245002500056260004600081300001500127440003700142504001900179520089300198650005701091  a9780199467969  a342.54083bROY-C  aRoy, Anupama  aCitizenship In India  aNew Delhi bOxford University Pressc2016  axxix,218p.  aOxford India Short Introduction   aIncludes Index  aThe idea of citizenship goes beyond a legal-formal framework to denote substantive membership in the political community. While citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. As an idea that inspires struggle, citizenship remains an institution that is unbounded, changing, and always incomplete. This short introduction lucidly describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other-the non-citizen. This book looks at the multiple margins that constitute the sites of constant churnings, releasing powerful new idioms, imaginaries, and practices of citizenship.  aCitizenshipvConstitutional lawvHuman rightszIndia