As published in the Volume 3(1) of Ramjas Political Review Abstract This paper questions the argument that religion, hitherto discarded as a tool of hegemonic domination, can strangely function as a modality of subaltern agency. Relying especially on Antonio Gramsci's Notebook 25, the paper contends that religion is neither altogether an ‘opiate’ nor a mere ‘echo of ruling-class ideology’, but rather a space of intense contention where domination and dissent coexist. Whereas most of the...