Enlightened Nationalism

Uma Das Gupta (ed.): The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism, New Delhi, India Oxford University Press 2009 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 9780195677072
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Poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, composer, and painter, Rabindranath Tagore was a visionary nationalist, an internationalist, and a committed educationist. Tagore experimented with novel methods of teaching and pioneered comprehensive rural development at his university in Santiniketan as an experiment for the whole country. The goals were a revitalized peasantry, village self-reliance through small scale enterprises, cottage industries, and cooperative values. The Oxford India Tagore focuses on Tagore's views on nationalism, internationalism, and his work on education. Including essays, letters, lectures, addresses, poetry, and his novel Four Chapters (Char Adhyaya), the selections bring to light how persistently Tagore sought a solution to the problems of his times in a new and creative education, in scholarly exchange between East and West, and in national self-respect. The writings-given as substantial excerpts or as full texts-make it clear that in many ways Tagore's educational work and his nationalism deviated from both the colonialist historiography and the nationalist ideology of those times. The Introduction by Uma Das Gupta locates the author in his times, while the Notes provide additional information. The detailed chronology of Tagore's life and times-a special feature of this volume-helps to link events in Tagore's life with world events, and also provides a broad framework within which his work can be appreciated. The photographs, prefacing each section, vivify the life of one who wanted to bring the West on equal terms to an India of his aspiration: an India of multiple cultures; an India where the impoverished village is given education and dignity of life; an India building its strength and self-respect by uniting castes and communities under an enlightened leadership. Part of the prestigious 'Oxford India Collection', The Oxford India Tagore is as much for those who admire Tagore generally as for scholars of Indian history and culture. Printed Pages: 541 with b/w illustrations. First Edition New Hardcover 15 x 23 Cm; First Edition

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Aravind Ganachari: Nationalism and Social Reform in a Colonial Situation, Kalpaz Publications ,2005 ,Delhi ISBN: 8178353512

This volume considers the antecedents of Indian nationalism within the colonial power structure, as developed in the ninettenth and early twentieth century. It suggests that the impulse for social reform primarily came from the enlightened Indian opinion, the British Indian government largely remained indifferent to the issues related to weaker sections such as women and lower castes.; Hardbound

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K.S. Mathew Illustrator: . French in India and Indian Nationalism, 2 Vols, B.R. Publishing Corporation 1999 ISBN: 9788176460538

New Hardcover 15 x 23 cm. Several European powers played an important role in the "amazing" transformation of India from the status of the coveted country to the category of the so-called "third world" or developing country. This was effected through the process of colonial or imperial interactions lasting for a couple of centuries. Countless adventurers, fortune-seekers and men of arms lost their life in their astute attempts to obtain a share of the golden goose of India, definitely not for the sake of civilising India or for sharing the burden of the country. The Portuguese who opened up India and the whole of East to the West European powers were followed by the Dutch, the English, the Danes, the Ostenders and the French. In the bid for building up an empire, the French faced the invincible power of the English and were tolerated to hold on to a couple of enclaves on the eastern and western coasts of India. The British who won in this race for empire building compelled to withdraw from the Indian subcontinent on the face of unarmed and non-violent opposition of the Indian nationalists. Yet, the Portuguese, the first to come to India, and the French, the last to reach the subcontinent continued to linger on in India even after the disappearance of other European powers. At last in the early sixties of the twentieth century they left India under different circumstances. The enlightened visionary in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, despite his genuine nationalist sentiments, resolved to keep a window open to the French and offered domicile in India to all those French nationals who wanted to stay here. Thus, at the moment there are over 8,000 French citizens in India enjoying the rare privilege of electing their representative for the democratic institutions in France and having their own cultural and academic institutions in India. This milieu of peculiar nature deserves special attention of the academicians and requires detailed study in the wake of nation-wide celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Independence. Against this backdrop, an International Seminar was organised in the Department of History, Pondicherry University in 1997 covering different aspects of French contacts with India. The papers presented by the scholars from various parts of Europe and India are collected and edited in the present volume. Printed Pages: 688. First edition

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Uma Das Gupta (Ed.) Illustrator: . The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism, Oxford University Press 2009 ISBN: 9780195677072

New Hardcover 14 x 21 cm. Poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, composer, and painter, Rabindranath Tagore was a visionary nationalist, an internationalist, and a committed educationist. Tagore experimented with novel methods of teaching and pioneered comprehensive rural development at his university in Santiniketan as an experiment for the whole country. The goals were a revitalized peasantry, village self-reliance through small scale enterprises, cottage industries, and cooperative values. The Oxford India Tagore focuses on TagoreaEUR s views on nationalism, internationalism, and his work on education. Including essays, letters, lectures, addresses, poetry, and his novel Four Chapters (Char Adhyaya), the selections bring to light how persistently Tagore sought a solution to the problems of his times in a new and creative education, in scholarly exchange between East and West, and in national self-respect. The writingsaEUR"given as substantial excerpts or as full textsaEUR"make it clear that in many ways TagoreaEUR s educational work and his nationalism deviated from both the colonialist historiography and the nationalist ideology of those times. The Introduction by Uma Das Gupta locates the author in his times, while the Notes provide additional information. The detailed chronology of TagoreaEUR s life and timesaEUR"a special feature of this volumeaEUR"helps to link events in TagoreaEUR s life with world events, and also provides a broad framework within which his work can be appreciated. The photographs, prefacing each section, vivify the life of one who wanted to bring the West on equal terms to an India of his aspiration: an India of multiple cultures; an India where the impoverished village is given education and dignity of life; an India building its strength and self-respect by uniting castes and communities under an enlightened leadership. Part of the prestigious aEUR Oxford India CollectionaEUR , The Oxford India Tagore is as much for those who admire Tagore generally as for scholars of Indian history and culture. Printed Pages: 450. 5th or later edition

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