Adam's Bridge: Sacrality, Performance, and Heritage of an Oceanic Marvel

Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
List of Abbreviations
1 Prologue
	1.1 The Pilgrimage
	1.2 The Library
		British Library
		Dhanushkodi
	1.3 The Theatre
	1.4 The Battlefield
2 ‘Remnants of a Bridge’: Introduction
	2.1 The Versatile ‘Setu’
		Complex Historicity
		Religion or Development?
		Reclaiming History
	2.2 Ramayan’s Geography
		Multiple Versions
		A Man-Made Setu?
		Layered Receptions
	2.3 Islanding Adam’s Bridge
		Diversifying Heritage
		Pluralizing an ‘Island’
		Bridging Worlds
	2.4 A Decolonial Sacrality
		Rehabilitating Enchantment
		Islanders and Anthropocene
		The Plan of the Book
3 Colonizing India’s ‘Longest’ Bridge
	3.1 A Tussle for Nomenclature
	3.2 The Orientalist Dialectic
	3.3 Colonial Surveys of Adam’s Bridge
	3.4 Colonizing the Legend of Ram Setu
4 Navigating a Postcolonial Imbroglio
	4.1 The Mudaliar Committee’s Dissent
	4.2 Parliamentary Procrastinations
	4.3 Sethusamudram and the Sethupathis
	4.4 ‘Strategic’ Turns to Adam’s Bridge
5 Adam’s Bridge and Environmentalism
	5.1 An Ecological Overview
	5.2 Environmental Impact Assessment
	5.3 Cyclones, Tsunamis, and Dredge Dispersal
	5.4 Reprioritizing a Geo-ecological Heritage
6 The Abjection of Tamil Fishermen
	6.1 The Palk Bay Fisheries Dispute
	6.2 Bilateral Resolution Mechanisms
	6.3 Failure of Public Hearings
	6.4 Fishermen’s Civil Disobedience
7 Coalitions Against the Sethu Canal
	7.1 Wanted, a Bridge: Natural or Man-Made?
	7.2 Ram Setu Bachao Andolan
	7.3 Economists Against the Canal
	7.4 The Aftermath of the Protests
8 Ramifications of the Lankan Opposition
	8.1 A Protracted Battle
	8.2 The Law of the Sea
	8.3 The Kachchativu Crisis
	8.4 An Unlikely Meeting Ground
9 Epilogue
	Hybridity of the ‘Historical’
	The Refusal to Disenchant
	Towards Epistemic Bilateralism
	An Idiomatic Bridge
Bibliography
Index