India
A National Culture?
1st Edition
Published on 4. July 2003
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-7619-9831-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume has emerged out of an enthused response to contribute essays on the making of Indian nationalism - an aspect that assumes importance in the wake of a spectacular return of national consciousness through the decades of the 80s and 90s. The essays in this volume are incisive analytical comments on what constitutes Indian culture.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9831-0 (9780761998310)
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Content
Preface - Geeti Sen
National Culture and Cultural Nationalism
PART ONE: VISIONS: SCRIPTING THE NATION
Excerpts from: Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Maulana Azad
PART TWO: MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS...
Gandhi's Retrieval of Indigenous Culture - Singanapalli Balaram
In Pursuit of a Different Freedom - Uma Das Gupta
Tagore's World University at Santiniketan
Imbibing Values at Kalakshetra - Leela Samson
Aligarh Muslim University - Mushirul Hasan
Recalling Radical Days
A Memory Coming to Life - Krishna Kumar
PART THREE: VOICES: AFFIRMING PLURALITY
The Persistence of Hindustani - Alok Rai
Holding the Nation Together - Neera Chandhoke
Plural Cultures, Monolithic Structures - Kapila Vatsyayan
Reworlding Homes - Makarand Paranjape
Colonialism, 'National' Culture and Post-National India
Poetry as Expression of National Crisis - Rukmini Bhaya Nair
A Preface and Three Poems
Photo Essay
Theatre of the Streets - Ram Rahman
PART FOUR: METAPHORS OF THE NATION
Iconising the Nation - Geeti Sen
Political Agendas
The Museum Is National - Kavita Singh
Kids, Couples and Chicks - Patricia Uberoi
The Nation in Calendar Art
Reconstructing the Nation in Cinema - Rashmi Doraiswamy
Maha Kumbh Mela - Sheba Chhachhi
PART FIVE: VISTAS: THE GLOBAL CUSP
What's So Great about Lagaan? - Sudhanva Deshpande
Ethnic Cuisine/The Significant 'Other' - Ashis Nandy
Cricket's Social Subtext - Bhaskar Roy
Demystifying the Nation and Nationalism - T K Oommen
News Watch - Antara Dev Sen
Is the Media Responsible?
National Culture and Cultural Nationalism
PART ONE: VISIONS: SCRIPTING THE NATION
Excerpts from: Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Maulana Azad
PART TWO: MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS...
Gandhi's Retrieval of Indigenous Culture - Singanapalli Balaram
In Pursuit of a Different Freedom - Uma Das Gupta
Tagore's World University at Santiniketan
Imbibing Values at Kalakshetra - Leela Samson
Aligarh Muslim University - Mushirul Hasan
Recalling Radical Days
A Memory Coming to Life - Krishna Kumar
PART THREE: VOICES: AFFIRMING PLURALITY
The Persistence of Hindustani - Alok Rai
Holding the Nation Together - Neera Chandhoke
Plural Cultures, Monolithic Structures - Kapila Vatsyayan
Reworlding Homes - Makarand Paranjape
Colonialism, 'National' Culture and Post-National India
Poetry as Expression of National Crisis - Rukmini Bhaya Nair
A Preface and Three Poems
Photo Essay
Theatre of the Streets - Ram Rahman
PART FOUR: METAPHORS OF THE NATION
Iconising the Nation - Geeti Sen
Political Agendas
The Museum Is National - Kavita Singh
Kids, Couples and Chicks - Patricia Uberoi
The Nation in Calendar Art
Reconstructing the Nation in Cinema - Rashmi Doraiswamy
Maha Kumbh Mela - Sheba Chhachhi
PART FIVE: VISTAS: THE GLOBAL CUSP
What's So Great about Lagaan? - Sudhanva Deshpande
Ethnic Cuisine/The Significant 'Other' - Ashis Nandy
Cricket's Social Subtext - Bhaskar Roy
Demystifying the Nation and Nationalism - T K Oommen
News Watch - Antara Dev Sen
Is the Media Responsible?