Abstract

espanolEn este articulo estudiaremos el cambio de identidad local a identidad nacional en la sociedad bengali y como la religion tuvo un papel central en el mismo. El auge del sectarismo religioso estuvo relacionado con la estrategia de las autoridades coloniales de crear colegios electorales distintos para musulmanes e hindues, lo que claramente abrio una brecha insalvable entre ambas comunidades. Para conocer mejor la complejidad de las relaciones sociorreligiosas, nos centraremos en los efectos de la Particion en Bengala y al efecto recurriremos a memorias y textos literarios escritos en bengali y traducidos a ingles. Inferimos que la Particion dejo irresoluta una serie de problemas que afectan a India en la actualidad, debido a la manipulacion de la identidad religiosa con fines politicos, en el pasado tanto como en el presente. EnglishIn this paper we shall explore the move from localised to politicised identities in Bengali society and evidence how religious affiliation became a central consideration within this shift. The growth of communalism, we shall argue, has much to do with the colonial strategy of establishing separate electoral systems for Hindus and Muslims, cementing the separation between these religious groupings. Our critical interest centres around the Partition of Bengal, and we shall employ memoirs and literary texts, written in Bengali and translated into English, so as to elucidate upon the complexities of the Hindu/Muslim relationship. We shall argue that the unresolved issues of Partition still cast their shadow on contemporary India, and shall draw connections between past and present manipulations of religious identities for expedient political ends.

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