Hindi nationalism / Alok Rai.
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TextLanguage: enghin Series: Tracts for the times (New Delhi, India) ; 13.Publication details: Hyderabad, A.P. : Orient Longman, 2001.Edition: 1st EdDescription: xiv, 138 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9788125019794
- 23rd 491.43510954 RAI
- PK1931 .A75 2001
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Reference Book | VIT-AP Reference | 491.43510954 RAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | GEN | 022050 |
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.
Includes passages in Hindi.
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