Mr and Mrs Iyer
(Amit Chaudhuri was recently visiting professor at Columbia University. He has won the Sahitya Akademi award 2002.)
The Constitution, not the Hindu Right, grants the Muslim his place in the country. It's his Indianness he can use as a weapon of assertion.

(Amit Chaudhuri was recently visiting professor at Columbia University. He has won the Sahitya Akademi award 2002.)