Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Charts -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the Second Edition - Beyond Nation-State: Framing Regional Politics in India -- Introduction to the First Edition - Rethinking State Politics in India: Regions within Regions -- Part I: United Colours of New States -- 1. Rethinking 'Regional Developmental Imbalances' -- Spatial Versus the Socio-political 'Region': The Case of Tribals in Jharkhand -- 2. Constitution of a Region: A Study of Chhattisgarh -- 3. The Creation of a Region: Politics of Identity and Development in Uttarakhand -- Part II: Quest for Territorial Homeland -- 4. Regions within Region and their Movements in Karnataka: Nuances, Claims and Ambiguities -- 5. Backwardness and Political Articulation of Backwardness in the North Bengal Region of West Bengal -- 6. Assertion of a Region: Exploring the Demand for Telangana -- 7. Region, Caste and Politics of 'Reverse Discrimination': The Case of Harit Pradesh -- 8. Regions Within but Democracy Without: A Study of India's North-east -- 9. Politics of Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective: Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir -- Part III: Caste and Politics of Marginality -- 10. Garv Se Kahon Hum Lingayat Hain! Caste Associations and Identity Politics in Maharashtra -- 11. Emergence of Dalit Organisations in Tamil Nadu: Causes, Forms of Assertion and Impact on the State Politics of Tamil Nadu -- 12. Affirmative Action, Group Rights and Democracy: The Mala-Madiga Conflict in Andhra Pradesh -- 13. Caste and Marginality in Punjab: Looking for Regional Specificities -- Part IV: State Electoral Politics - Regional Variance -- 14. Subregions, Identity and the Nature of Political Competition in Rajasthan -- 15. Regions within Regions - Negotiating Political Spaces: A Case Study of Karnataka -- Part V: Politics of Public Policy