Book Review | Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia by Neeti Nair

Title: Book Review | Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia by Neeti Nair

Published on: June 11, 2025

Published in: The American Historical Review, Volume 130, Issue 2

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Dr. Samyak Ghosh

The book review distills some of the main arguments of Nair’s pathbreaking historical study of Secularism, in most of modern South Asia. The review highlights the importance of studying the intellectual and social history of key concepts like secularism, as Nair does in her meticulously researched book.

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