1. Introduction: Dissevering Tagore s Politics in the Colonial Context 2. Public or Societalism ? Tagore s Quest for a Civil Social Sphere in India in the Context of Colonialism 3. Ending AlieNation: Restoring the Nationness in and of BhÄratavarÅÄ"ya SamÄj and Prognosis of Nationalism amid Globalization 4. Cassandra s Admonitions: Tagore on Identities of Hindus and Muslims in India and Their Relations 5. A Postface Rather Than a Conclusion