Introduction. Mapping South Asian masculinities: men and political crises / Chandrima Chakraborty -- Section I: The past and the present. Uncles of the nation: avuncular masculinity in partition-era politics / Sailaja Krishnamurti -- Valour, violence and the ethics of struggle: constructing militant masculinities in Sri Lanka / Jani de Silva -- Once were warriors: the militarized state in narrating the past / Bina D'Costa -- Limp wrists, inflammatory punches: violence, masculinity, and queer sexuality in Shyam Selvadurai's Funny boys / Rahul K. Gairola -- Daniyal Mueenuddin's dying men / Shazia Sadaf . Section II: Migratory Routes. Recuperating Indian masculinity: Mohandas Gandhi, war and the Indian diaspora in South Africa (1899-1914) / Arafaat A. Valiani -- 'My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist': disability and asexuality in My name is Khan / Jana Fedtke -- Representing diasporic masculinities in post-9/11 era: the tragedy versus the comedy / Umme Al-wazedi -- "Bling-bling economics' and the cultural politics of masculinity in Gautam Malkani's Londonstani / Kasim Husain
