Institutional Attempts to Build a “National” Identity in India: Internal and External Dimensions

Abstract Katharine Adeney is Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield.Marie Lall is a principal researcher at the Institute of Education and a visiting lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Marie Lall is a Lecturer in Education Policy at the Institute of Education and a visiting lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Notes The authors would like to thank the anonymous referees whose challenging and constructive comments improved this paper immeasurably. We would also like to thank Andrew Wyatt and Andreas Behnke for detailed suggestions and the participants at the Heidelberg European Modern South Asian Studies Conference in September 2002 for their…