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1、PostcolonialStudiesISSN:1368-8790(Print)1466-1888(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cpcs20Theculturalpoliticsofshit:class,genderandpublicspaceinIndiaAssaDoron&IraRajaTocitethisarticle:AssaDoron&IraRaja(2015)Theculturalpoliticsofshit:class,genderandpublicspacei
2、nIndia,PostcolonialStudies,18:2,189-207,DOI:10.1080/13688790.2015.1065714Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2015.1065714Publishedonline:12Aug2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:439ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataCitingarticles:1Viewcitingarticl
3、esFullTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanbefoundathttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=cpcs20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:06March2016,At:01:27PostcolonialStudies,2015,Vol.18,No.2,189–207Theculturalpoliticsofshit:class,genderandpublicspaceinIndia1ASSA
4、DORONandIRARAJA[Developmentstudies]isafieldthatpostcolonialstudiesrarelycites.Thesame,inreverse,canbesaidofdevelopmentstudiesvisavispostcolonialbrethrenandepistemologies.Twogiantislandsofanalysisandenterprisestakeoutalargepartoftheworldandoperatewithinit—or2withrespecttoit—asifthe
5、otherhadabadsmell.IntroductionInhisrecentvisittoAustralia,thenewlyelectedIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModiinvitedtheIndiandiasporainAustraliatojoinhiseffortstocleanupIndiaandbolsterhisflagshipprogramme,SwachhBharatAbhiyan(CleanIndiaCam-paign).Hisargumentwascompelling:‘Dirtattractsil
6、lnessandthepoormansuffers,duetowhichworkdaysarelostandmonetarilytoo.Iinviteyourpartici-pationinthedrive’,hesaid,urgingindividualstobuildatleastonetoiletinthe3villageoftheirorigininIndia.ThepracticalbentofModi’splea—eachone,buildonetoilet—hasaspecialappealforthediasporaandforforei
7、gnobservers,forwhatChristineSylvesterwoulddescribeastheiruncriticalfaithinthe‘winningvirtuesoftheWest’charac-4teristicofthemodernizationapproach.Further,Modi’sappealtapsintokeycon-cernsandvaluesthathaveunderpinnedglobalpoliticsandeconomicsinthepastseveraldecades:anincreasedfocuso
8、nhumanitarianissuesattheexpenseofasocio-