9788124604595 - India: A Cultural Decline or Revival? von Gupt, Bharat (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. xviii + 236.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. I 1. Eka the uprooted individual i. The ritual universe. ii. Education without art. iii. Shelving a heritage Sanskrit from Macaulay to M Tv. iv. Conversion sin or sincerity. v. Bring back the teacher. 2. Kula Broken Homes vi. Yayayatis and Kamsas Unbridled indulgences of affluent Indians. vii. Disappearance of the fourth Ashram. II 3. Grama Dusty villages dying cities viii. Vote bank politics and lame duck legislators. ix. Voting young ensuring legislative immaturity. x. Caste Choudhary the new age parasite. xi. Caste endogamy a return to medievalism. xii. Politics of compensation Mandal Mandir and Stri mandal. 4. Janapada Regional defacement xiii. Anglophonic hegemony and regional Indian languages. xiv. The frigid face of Urdu. xv. What is ethnic. xvi. Cultural nationalism Kitsch or Charisma. xvii. Religious plurality in education. III 5. Prithvee Diminishing boundaries xviii. Indian diaspora the Brihad Bharat. IV 6. Aatman the self in doubt xix. Relativism a moral twilight. xx. Search for Sahah In pursuit of abiding happiness. Index. It is often taken for granted that Independence from the British Rule also ushered an era of cultural and social freedom in India. The author wishes to examine if that is true or if a cultural decline set in soon after. Based on a verse in the Pancatantra the book has been divided into six parts Eka (person) Kula (family) Grama (habitat) Janapada (land) Prithvi (earth) and Atma. Issues of education conflicts between the classes regions jatis languages and religions expansion of proselytizers lack of governance tensions between the legislators and judiciary rise of unbridled consumerism falling standards of democracy dilemmas created by notions of dharma challenged by Westernized modernity and the problems of attaining universal harmony are all put into a perspective under these six categories. While examining the state of affairs the authors also suggests a way for the pursuit of happiness through unselfish transcendence. 236 pp.