Full 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.
Contents
Preface - Geeti SenNational Culture and Cultural NationalismPART ONE: VISIONS: SCRIPTING THE NATIONExcerpts from: Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Maulana AzadGandhi's Retrieval of Indigenous Culture - Singanapalli BalaramIn Pursuit of a Different Freedom - Uma Das GuptaTagore's World University at SantiniketanImbibing Values at Kalakshetra - Leela SamsonAligarh Muslim University - Mushirul HasanRecalling Radical DaysA Memory Coming to Life - Krishna KumarPART THREE: VOICES: AFFIRMING PLURALITYThe Persistence of Hindustani - Alok RaiHolding the Nation Together - Neera ChandhokePlural Cultures, Monolithic Structures - Kapila VatsyayanReworlding Homes - Makarand ParanjapeColonialism, 'National' Culture and Post-National IndiaPoetry as Expression of National Crisis - Rukmini Bhaya NairA Preface and Three PoemsPhoto EssayTheatre of the Streets - Ram RahmanIconising the Nation - Geeti SenPolitical AgendasThe Museum Is National - Kavita SinghKids, Couples and Chicks - Patricia UberoiThe Nation in Calendar ArtReconstructing the Nation in Cinema - Rashmi DoraiswamyMaha Kumbh Mela - Sheba ChhachhiPART FIVE: VISTAS: THE GLOBAL CUSPWhat's So Great about Lagaan? - Sudhanva DeshpandeEthnic Cuisine/The Significant 'Other' - Ashis NandyCricket's Social Subtext - Bhaskar RoyDemystifying the Nation and Nationalism - T K OommenNews Watch - Antara Dev SenIs the Media Responsible?
