| Description |
374 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Colonialism and the Struggle for National Independence. 1. Modern India / Swami Vivekananda. 2. Nationalism in India / Rabindranath Tagore. 3. The Renaissance in India / Sri Aurobindo. 4. The Vedanta and Western Tradition / Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. 5. Some of the Basic Principles and Tenets of the Hindu Movement / Vinayak D. Savarkar. 6. Freedom / Jiddu Krishnamurti. 6. On Nationalism / Jiddu Krishnamurti. 7. Anti-Imperialist Struggle in India / Manavendranath Roy. Preconditions of Indian Renaissance / Manavendranath Roy. 8. Gandhism: The Doom of the Untouchables / B. R. Ambedkar. 9. The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam / Muhammad Iqbal. 9. Presidential Address / Muhammad Iqbal. 10. Congress Presidential Speech / Abul Kalam Azad. 11. Hind Swaraj (Excerpts) / Mohandas Gandhi. 11. Medium of Instruction / Mohandas Gandhi. 11. The Message of India / Mohandas Gandhi. 12. A Tryst with Destiny / Jawaharlal Nehru. 12. Our Inheritance / Jawaharlal Nehru |
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12. India - Old and New / Jawaharlal Nehru. 12. Synthesis is Our Tradition / Jawaharlal Nehru. 12. National Solidarity / Jawaharlal Nehru -- Pt. 2. Modernization and its Discontents. 13. Gandhi's Theory of Society and Our Times / A. K. Saran. 14. Understanding Nehru's Political Ideology / Thomas Pantham. 15. Ethical Imperatives / Rajni Kothari. 16. Cultural Frames for Social Transformation: A Credo / Ashis Nandy. 17. Tradition / Romila Thapar. 18. On Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India / Ranajit Guha. 19. The Oppressive Present / Sudhir Chandra. 20. The Swaraj of India / Ramchandra Gandhi. 21. Why Not Worship in the Nude? Reflections of a Novelist in His Time / U. R. Anantha Murthy. 22. India and Europe - Some Reflections on Self and Other / Nirmal Verma. 23. Religion and Politics / Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. 23. A Silent Revolution / Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. 24. Women Writing in India / Susie Tharu and K. Lalita |
| Summary |
Publisher's description: The process of modernization poses a profound challenge to societies. Nowhere is this more true than in India where cultural memories have been severely tested by colonial domination but have been loyally preserved nonetheless. This anthology documents the intellectual struggle of Indian writers and philosophers in the twentieth century to articulate the meaning of "India" and thereby establish an identity which bridges indigenous tradition and Western-style modernity. The book focuses on the existential dimension of India's encounter with the West-its role as a catalyst in the process of self-scrutiny and in the search for self-rule and cultural identity. As a whole, the anthology constitutes not so much an objective travellogue but rather a 'sentimental journey' reflecting the experiences of prominent Indians, thereby revealing that the process of modernization and development is really a struggle over the heart and soul of India and, by extension, over the sense and direction of humanity or humankind. It provides a timely perspective on self-understanding or self-interpretation in India's fiftieth year of independence |
| Notes |
Title page: "A twentieth century anthology" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- India.
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064872
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India -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064939
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| Author |
Devy, G. N., 1950-
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| LC no. |
97051895 |
| ISBN |
076199243X |
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0761992448 |
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