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History of the Book in South Asia
The History of the Book in South Asia covers not only the various modern states that make up South Asia today but also a multitude of languages and scripts. For centuries it was …
East of Delhi
Like many societies across the world, the region of Awadh in North India has been bilingual throughout its history. But literary histories of the region often indicate otherwise. …
Objects, Images, Stories
What histories do objects like coins or gems help us to trace? How can we read photographs and paintings? How do fictional tales, imaginative biographies, basic lexicons, or …
After Timur Left
Timur invaded northern India in 1398 but returned to Samarkand a year later. In 1555 the Timurid emperor Humayun came back to India after being forced into exile in Persia and …
The History of the Book in South Asia
The history of the book in South Asia covers not only the various modern states that make up South Asia today but also a multitude of languages and scripts. For centuries it was …
The Form of Ideology and the Ideology of Form
Love in South Asia
Love may be a universal feeling, but culture and language play a crucial role in defining it. Idioms of love have a long history, and within every society there is always more than …
East of Delhi
Like many societies across the world, the region of Awadh in North India has been bilingual throughout its history. But literary histories of the region often indicate otherwise. …
The Form of Ideology and the Ideology of Form
Tellings and Texts
Hindi Public Sphere 1920-1940
This book analyses how a language became the instrument with which the contours of a new nation were traced. Mapping the success of formalized Hindi in creating a regional public …