Simona Sawhney
Copyright Date: 2009
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 232
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsg89
Book Description:
Today we witness, Simona Sawhney contends, the near-total appropriation of Sanskrit literature by Hindu nationalism. The Modernity of Sanskrit challenges this appropriation by exploring the complex work of Rabindranath Tagore, M. K. Gandhi, and Mohan Rakesh. Sawhney proposes that Indian nationalist writings about classic Sanskrit became a charged site for postcolonial reflections on politics and art in India.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-6636-2
Subjects: History