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Reclaiming Bharatavarsha

Reclaiming Bharatavarsha

Balakrishna, Sandeep

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 8196847157
ISBN13: 9788196847159
Publisher: Bluone Ink Private Limited
Published: Jun 15 2024
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Reclaiming Bharatavarsha is a collection of topical and exploratory essays organized around three broad themes. The first explores various facets of classical Bharatavarsha, which is defined as India before the advent of alien Islamic invaders and British colonisation. The second delves into the condition of an India under successive alien regimes. The impact of these regimes on our culture and society is contrasted with the conditions prevailing in the preceding classical era. The third studies the imprint of these bouts of foreign rule on contemporary national life. The three themes taken separately are complementary, and together they offer a scope for comparative analyses of the politics, culture, society, customs, and literature of different eras in the life of this ancient land. From selected episodes drawn from the Puranas and the Mahabharata to the sacred history of the banana, from the 17thcentury Bengali arrack to woke cinema, from the 1962 war with China to hair dyes, the book offers an eclectic mix of atypical essays, the narratives of which are filled with rare anecdotes and vivid details, all of which are backed by scholarly research. The book also has a contemporary context-the unprecedented transformation of India over the last decade. A major outcome of this transformation is the surge in interest for recovering India's national and civilizational past. This collective resurgence is an expression of cultural selfconfidence, which had fallen by the wayside for centuries. Reclaiming Bharatavarsha is a humble addition to this national endeavour.

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