Preface -- Introduction: Sentimental Sovereignties: Hurt and the Political Unconscious -- Rina Ramdev, Sandhya D Nambiar, and Debaditya Bhattacharya -- OVERTURE -- How Far Can You Go? -- Mukund Padmanabhan -- THE HERMENEUTICS OF HURT -- What, If the Hurt Is 'Real'? Psyche, Neighbor, and Intimate Violence -- Anup Dhar -- Between Speech and Silence -- Dilip Simeon -- FORKED TONGUES OF HATE -- The Harm in Hate Speech Laws: Examining the Origins of Hate Speech Legislation in India -- Siddharth Narrain -- The Alchemy of Hate and Hurt -- Shohini Ghosh -- THE HURTING STATE, STATING HURT -- Strangers in the Land: Mapping the Muslim Hurt -- Mushirul Hasan -- Commemorating Hurt: Memorialising Operation Bluestar -- Radhika Chopra --The Reascription of Hurt: When Abu Gharaib Came to Kashmir -- Akhil Katyal -- OF RIGHTS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS -- Anathema and Anachronism: A Contemporary Utilization of Ambedkar's Critique of Gandhism -- Soumyabrata Choudhury r-- The Cartoon Controversy: Crafty Politicos, Impatient Pedagogues -- Manas Ray -- Writing Humiliation, Righting Humiliation: Marking the Dalit Moment in the History of India's "Untouchables" and Beyond -- Tapan Basu -- KNOWLEDGE AND ITS DIS/CONTENTS -- Sense and Sentimentality: A Political Fable -- Sunalini Kumar -- The Return of Daya -- Prasanta Chakravarty -- Of JAB and Hurt: Exploring Spaces of Resistance Within the University -- Vinita Chandra, Rina Ramdev, and Giti Chandra -- THE DIRTY PICTURE -- Sexuality, Mediation, Commodification: The Business of Representation -- Karen Gabriel --The Erotics of Law, Scandal, and Technology -- Lawrence Liang --A HETEROPOLITICS OF HURT -- The Engendering of Hurt: A Feminist Analysis of Hurt Sentiments -- Meenakshi Malhotra -- On the Question of Free Speech and Censorship --
Krishna Menon -- CODA -- The Lines of Control -- Vishwajyoti Ghosh -- Index