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Altered Destinations
‘Altered Destinations’ addresses the complex interrelations of state, nation and identity in India through the medium of culture, and compellingly reframes the debate in the …
Sarojini Naidu
Poet, nationalist, freedom-fighter and the first woman to become the Governor of a state in independent India, Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was one of the most colourful and dynamic …
Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures
This volume is a critical exploration of multiple posthuman possibilities in the 21st century and beyond. Due to the global engagement with advanced technology, we are witness to a …
Cultural Politics in Modern India
India’s global proximities derive in good measure from its struggle against British imperialism. In its efforts to become a nation, India turned modern in its own unusual way. At …
The Best of Raja Rao
Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority
Compared to how it looked 150 years ago at the eve of the colonial conquest, today's India is almost completely unrecognizable. A sovereign nation, with a teeming, industrious …
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) popularised Vedanta in the West and reformed Hinduism in India. He also inspired the mass movement that made India a modern nation. In showcasing his …
New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization
This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and culture of science in India, especially as they may be comprehended in the larger idea of an Indian civilization. The …
Jnu Nationalism and India's Civil War
9 February 2016: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) erupted with 'anti-national' slogans. Arrests of student leaders, the shutdown of the university, a lecture series on 'What …
Debating the 'Post' Condition in India
How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and assimilated in India? This book offers a personal account and an intellectual history of its reception and response. …
Another Canon
'Another Canon: Indian Texts and Traditions' in English traces the development of Indian English literary and textual practice over a period of seven decades, focussing on classic …
Science, Spirituality and the Modernization of India
Spirituality played a key role in the construction of Indian modernity. While science has certainly been an agent of modernization in India and other non-Western countries, what …