TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rai, Alok.
TI  - Hindi nationalism
T2  - Tracts for the times
SN  - 9788125019794
AV  - PK1931 .A75 2001
U1  - 491.43510954 RAI 23rd
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Hyderabad, A.P.
PB  - Orient Longman
KW  - Hindi language
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - India
KW  - Language policy
N1  - 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; It includes Notes, selected Bibliography [123-138] etc
UR  - https://www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9788125019794
ER  -