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Hindi Nationalism

Alok Rai

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Imprint

Orient BlackSwan

Year of Publishing

2001

Number of pages

152

ISBN

9788125019794

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Dimensions

140 x 216 mm

Series

Tracts for the Times

Catalogue(s)

Political Science

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This tract looks at the politics of language in India through a study of the history of one language—Hindi. It traces the tragic metamorphosis of this language over the last century, from a creative, dynamic, popular language to a dead, Sanskritised, dePersianised language manufactured by a self-serving upper caste North Indian elite, nurturing hegemonic ambitions. From being a symbol of collective imagination it became a signifier of narrow sectarianism and regional chauvinism. The tract shows how this trans- formation of the language was tied up with the politics of communalism and regionalism.

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Alok Rai, currently teaching in the Humanities Department of IIT, Delhi. He holds research degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London, and is well-known as a critic and writer on comtemporary cultural matters.
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