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The Story of My Sanskrit - the Hindu 16/08/14 7:58 Am
The story of my Sanskrit - The Hindu 16/08/14 7:58 am Opinion » Lead The story of my Sanskrit Ananya Vajpeyi Sanskrit must be taken back from the clutches of Hindu supremacists, bigots, believers in brahmin exclusivity, misogynists, Islamophobes and a variety of other wrong-headed characters on the right, whose colossal ambition to control India’s vast intellectual legacy is only matched by their abysmal ignorance of what it means and how it works An article in this paper on July 30 revealed that Dina Nath Batra, head of the Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti, had formed a “Non-Governmental Education Commission” (NGEC) to recommend ways to “Indianise” education. I had encountered Mr. Batra’s notions about education during a campaign I was involved with in February and March this year, to keep the American scholar Wendy Doniger’s books about Hindus and Hinduism in print. His litigious threats had forced Penguin India to withdraw and destroy a volume by Prof. Doniger, and this was even before the national election installed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the ruling party in Delhi. Ever since Mr. Narendra Modi’s government has come to power, Mr. Batra has become more active, zealous and confrontational in stating his views about Indian history, Hindu religion, and what ought to qualify as appropriate content in schoolbooks and syllabi not only in his native Gujarat but in educational institutions all over the country. He is backed up by a vast governmental machinery, by the fact that Mr. Modi himself has penned prefatory materials to his various books, and of course by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of which he has been a member and an ideologue for over several decades. -
Old Words, New Worlds: Revisiting the Modernity of Tradition
Old Words, New Worlds: Revisiting the Modernity of Tradition Ananya Vajpeyi n the Hindi film Raincoat (2004), review article we begin to look, Kalidasa and Krishna, Rituparno Ghosh presents a short story Vyasa and Valmiki are everywhere in the Iby O Henry in an Indian milieu. The The Modernity of Sanskrit by Simona Sawhney art and literature of modern India, as are place is contemporary middle class Kolkata; (Ranikhet: Permanent Black; co-published by University of many other authors, characters, tropes the main actors, drawn from Bollywood, Minnesota Press), 2009; pp 226, Rs 495 (HB). and narratives that invariably appear to us are at home in the present. Most of the as familiar, yet differently relevant in dif- conversation between various characters his updating and Indianising O Henry’s ferent contexts. They require no introduc- revolves around cell phones, TV channels, tale, but in his simultaneous reference to tion for any given audience, yet at each soap operas, air-conditioning and auto- post-colonial, colonial and pre-colonial new site where they turn up, as it were, mated teller machines, leaving us in no Bengali culture, and thus to a dense under- there is the interpretive space to figure out doubt as to the setting. But given that the belly of significance that gives weight to what exactly makes them pertinent on story is somewhat slow, and the acting by an otherwise trivial story. Calcutta’s status this occasion. Thus the work of writing the female lead, Aishwarya Rai indifferent as a big city, its urban decrepitude, its faded and reading is always ongoing, always at best, what gives the film its shadowed imperial grandeur and grinding poverty, inter-textual, always citational, and unfolds mood is its beautiful music, and the direc- these we already compute; so too the within a framework that blurs rather than tor’s obvious love for Kolkata. -
WHAT SHOULD a CLASSICAL LIBRARY of INDIA BE? Sheldon Pollock
WHAT SHOULD A CLASSICAL LIBRARY OF INDIA BE? Sheldon Pollock nlike the three other dual-language series treated in this volume, the Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI) has constantly been challenged,U both internally and externally, to define and defend the terms of its title and hence the nature of its project. Whereas no one is troubled by the claim to the Classical in the Loeb Classical Library, or worried about the periodization of Medieval in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, or confused by the meaning of Renaissance in the I Tatti Renaissance Library, in MCLI, Classical, India, and even Library are all open to contestation. And whereas no one seems to be troubled by the fact that non-Greeks and non-Latins, non-Anglo-Saxons, and non-Italians are editing these other series, the fact that most of MCLI’s editors and authors are non-Indians has been, to some, a source of concern. I will address and try to clarify each of these categories in what follows, as well as the issue—new and disturbing and needing attention—of who may edit, translate, publish, or even read South Asian literature. By way of prelude I offer a brief account of the origins of MCLI. I. THE FOUNDING OF THE MURTY CLASSICAL LIBRARY OF INDIA The study of Sanskrit was often viewed—or at least it was viewed in the past, and at least at Harvard University, where I was trained—as linked with the study of Greek and Latin. Sanskrit in fact was once quasi- compulsory for undergraduate classicists as a course relating to the major. -
UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Translation and History: The Development of a Kashmiri Textual Tradition from ca. 1000- 1500 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/68q7m3vv Author Obrock, Luther James Publication Date 2015 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Translation and History: The Development of a Kashmiri Textual Tradition from ca. 1000-1500 By Luther James Obrock A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in South and Southeast Asian Studies in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Robert Goldman, Chair Professor Alexander von Rospatt Professor Munis Faruqui Professor Abhishek Kaicker Summer 2015 Abstract Translation and History: The Development of a Kashmiri Textual Tradition from ca. 1000-1500 by Luther James Obrock Doctor of Philosophy in South and Southeast Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley Professor Robert Goldman, Chair This dissertation investigates the Sanskrit works of four authors—Somadeva (fl. ca. 1080), Kalhaṇa (fl. ca. 1150), Jonarāja (ca. 1389-1459), and Śrīvara (fl. 1459-1505)— in the Valley of Kashmir. These authors produced a corpus of unique yet interconnected texts, writing in one of two particularly Kashmiri genres—either Kashmiri translational story literature, ślokakathā, or a regional poetic history, [rāja]taraṅgiṇī. The deployment and development of these two genres from the end of the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries shows the development of a regionalized literature embedded in and adapting to changing social worlds. The first two works set the stage for this discussion. -
The Raza Foundation Failure
Amit, there is a error in the name list of back cover... Can you ask Rupesh to correct the spelling of ‘’ and add the name ‘Sumana Roy’ in the same list. Volume 4 | 2020 FAILURE F AILURE Brinda Bose | Nauman Naqvi | Manash “Firaq” Bhattacharjee VOLUME 4, 2020 | Prasanta Chakravarty | Vivek Narayanan | Bhuchung D. This issue of AROOP is about Sonam | Jane Da Mosto | Ashish Kothari | K. Satchidanandan Failure. The theme emerged from discussions between | Mithu Sen | Nilanjan Bandhyopadhyay | Devina Dutt and Pepe the editors in the summer of 2019, as a response to the Gomes | Rani Neutill | Parthiv Shah | Umar Khalid, Banojyotsna historical moment. Subsequent developments in 2020 have only Amit Mehra Lahiri, Anirban Bhattacharya | Astad Deboo | Kavita Krishnan | confirmed that the choice of topic was appropriate. Between Photo: Samit Das | Manu Devadevan | Aranyani Bhargav | Maya Joshi fascism and populism in politics, | Arshia Sattar | Tridip Suhrud | Madan Gopal Singh | Sumana global warming and climate Volume 4 | 2020 Volume change in the environment, Ananya Vajpeyi is a scholar Roy neoliberalism and inequality in and writer, based at the Centre economics, and finally, an utterly for the Study of Developing debilitating and intractable Societies, New Delhi. She is the public health emergency in the author of Righteous Republic: form of the Covid-19 pandemic The Political Foundations of in 2020, we are plunged into the darkest possible phase in Modern India (2012) and the recent memory. Democracy co-editor of Ashis Nandy: A has failed. Conservation Life in Dissent (2018). She has failed. Feminism has is working on two books, a failed. -
Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship Lecture Cum Seminar
Zukunftsphilologie: Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship Lecture cum Seminar Thursday, November 17, 2011, 16.00 – 19.00 Freie Universität Berlin, Raum J 23/16, Habelschwerdter Allee 45 Ananya Vajpeyi (University of Massachusetts / Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi) Ferdinand de Saussure and Modern Phonemics: The Role of Sanskrit Chair: Prashant Keshavmurthy (Zukunftsphilologie Fellow 2011‐12 ( McGill University) This paper makes two related claims: One, that Ferdinand de Saussure’s conception of the signs of language was consistent with his conception of its phonic units, and that in fact his structural linguistics appears to have developed out of his effort to theorize the fundamentals of phonology and phonemics. Two, Saussure's theorization of phonology yielded for the 20th century "the phoneme", an idea no less revolutionary for subsequent linguistics than the one yielded by Saussurean semiology, namely, "the sign". But what becomes clear from the Saussurean archive, which was until recently almost entirely unpublished, is that his phonological theory was constitutively informed, if not directly an outcome of, his life‐long study of Sanskrit. Ananya Vajpeyi’s paper draws on her pre‐doctoral research for a master’s thesis written at Oxford University and revised at the University of Chicago (1995‐1997). The thesis was titled, "Les semences du temps": Ferdinand de Saussure and the Role of Sanskrit in the Construction of a "Modern" Linguistics (Oxford 1996). Saussure's (then) unpublished papers that she used for her research were housed in the archives of the University of Geneva, as well as at the Houghton Library at Harvard University. -
October 17-20, 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison October 1, 2019
48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIA October 17-20, 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison October 1, 2019 Dear Conference Participants, We would like to welcome all of you to Madison, Wisconsin for the 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, October 17-20, 2019! This year we are delighted to host over 1000 registered participants, 23 symposia, 141 panels and roundtables, 13 association meetings, 7 exhibitors, and multiple special events. This year’s conference theme is Artistry. We are delighted how the theme has been embraced this year by participants, whose presentations boldly demonstrate that current research on literary, artistic, and social cultures of South Asia, both past and present, is diverse, rigorous, and groundbreaking. We are also thrilled to host more special events this year than ever before, each of which speaks directly to the theme of Artistry. We have a stand-up comedian on Thursday night, a theatrical production on Saturday night, and pioneering film screenings on Saturday evening as well as, on Sunday morning, a special screening of Anand Patwardhan’s Vivek/Reason: The War Between Faith and Rationality, followed by a Q&A with the director. David Shulman’s Keynote Address on Friday evening will explore the artistry of poetics in Sanskrit and south Indian literatures and, at the Plenary Address on Saturday afternoon, Ananya Vajpeyi and Iftikhar Dadi will speak about the artistry of free speech in South Asia and South Asian Studies. To foster interdisciplinary conversation and interaction among conference attendants about the many sides of Artistry in South Asia, we are happy to host multiple tea and coffee breaks throughout the conference and a networking event on Sunday morning, with a special focus on our graduate student attendees. -
LITERATURE & TRADE University’S Objective of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Education by Publishing Worldwide
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the LITERATURE & TRADE university’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. 2020-21 2 LITERATURE & TRADE 2020-21 Let's Talk The Masnavi Shakespeare And Text David Crystal Jalal al-Din Rumi & John Jowett 9780198850694 Jawid Mojaddedi 9780198827566 9780198783435 Pg Pg Pg 14 24 13 Crossing to Talikota Breakfast with Evil The Hero and His Clay Feet Girish Karnad Ashis nandy Nabaneeta dev Sen 9780199496150 9780190120924 9780190123741 Table of Contents Arts .............................................................................. 06 Film and Media ............................................................. 07 Biographies and Memoirs ............................................ 10 Literature ..................................................................... 12 Society and Culture ...................................................... 23 Theatre ........................................................................ 24 Translations .................................................................. 26 Global Titles ................................................................. 46 Price List ....................................................................... 57 Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2020 Literature and Trade Catalogue, featuring highlights from our Trade, Academic, and Translation lists. If you are interested in licensing any of our titles, please contact the representative for your territory -
Prolegomena to the Study of People and Places in Violent India
Prolegomena to the Study of People and Places in Violent India Ananya Vajpeyi Prolegomena to the Study of People and Places in Violent India Copyright© WISCOMP Foundation for Universal Responsibility Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, New Delhi, India, 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by WISCOMP Foundation for Universal Responsibility Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama Core 4A, UGF, India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India This initiative was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The views expressed here are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect those of WISCOMP or the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama, nor are they endorsed by them. 2 Contents Preface ................................................................................................ 5 Acknowledgements............................................................................ 9 Note .................................................................................................. 15 Introduction by Pratap Bhanu Mehta .............................................. 19 Letter to Giorgio Agamben ............................................................... 23 End Notes ......................................................................................... 59 Bibliography.................................................................................... -
1 BRINDA BOSE Centre for English Studies, School of Literature, Language and Cultu
BRINDA BOSE Centre for English Studies, School of Literature, Language and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi – 110067 India Room 148, School of Languages 1, JNU Campus E-mail [email protected] [email protected] Work 2014 – Associate Professor, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2009-2014 Associate Professor, Department of English, Delhi University 2004-2009 Reader/Assoc Prof, Department of English, Hindu College, Delhi University 2006 - 2009 Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi 2000 – 2004 Senior Lecturer/Reader, Department of English, Hindu College, Delhi University 1999 - 2005 Cooperative M.A. Teaching: Department of English, Delhi University (North Campus) 1995- 2000 Lecturer, Department of English, Hindu College, Delhi University Initiative 2011 – 2015 Co-Founder, MargHumanities, a platform for discussions on arts and literatures Education 1995 Ph.D., Department of English, Boston University, USA. 1 1988 B.A. with Senior Status, and M.A. in English, St. Hilda's College, Oxford University, UK. 1985 B.A. (Honours) in English, Presidency College, Calcutta, India. Scholarships/Fellowships/Visiting Professorships Visiting Scholar, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. August, 2017. Visiting Fellow, TORCH Institute for the Humanities, University of Oxford, UK. May-June, 2016 Fellow of the Workshops on Activist Humanities, SOAS London and TORCH, Oxford, March 2013. Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Humanities and Global Cultures, University of Virginia, USA, April-May 2012. Visiting Professor, Centres for South Asian Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Virginia, USA, October 2009. Charles Wallace Research Award for the British Library, London, UK, May-June, 2009.