Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
A Shattered Dream? Nostalgia, Partisanship and the Studied Indifference Towards Democratization
serve them well so far: that Hinduism is much wider in scope than Hindutva … see if
they could be used to contain the euphoria around Hindutva: to discover a Kabir and …
Taking Krishna Kumar’s book Thank you, Gandhi as its point of engagement, this review essay critically examines the conflict of political values in post-Independence India. It presents a synoptic review of the defence of the Nehruvian India amidst the growing rise of Hindu nationalism. While highlighting the role of democratization in the political negotiation of competing ideological frameworks, it assesses the role of intelligentsia in furthering sectional interests in the name of high nationalism. After all, nation-building is an endless contestation and everyday plebiscite over the hegemonic values of our times. And, democracy remains one of the most potent mechanisms to help us choose one set of values over others.
[Democracy is not a single dramatic overthrow; it is a slow, stubborn, repeating insistence. It bends under pressure with real and sometimes painful frequency. It does not, over any meaningful stretch of time, break.] https://countercurrents.org/2026/07/democracy-has-a-life-of-its-own/
Krishna Kumar - Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 30 Sept 2024 - Fiction - 224 pages
When a bureaucrat who witnessed the Bhopal gas tragedy firsthand passes away from Covid, he leaves behind his oldest friend and an unfinished book.
An impassioned lament, a nostalgic tribute and a poignant ode to boyhood, Thank You, Gandhi is a unique blend of fiction and nonfiction, past and present, memoir and social commentary, and ultimately an uncategorizable book that pays homage to the enduring legacy of the father of our nation. At its epicentre sits the profound bond between K and Munna whose lives are inextricably intertwined with India’s tumultuous history and Gandhi’s teachings.
The ingenious metafictional device of the book inside the book becomes a timely conversation between two nations, one of the past and one of the present. When K pieces together Munna’s manuscript, feeling honour-bound to complete it, he discovers his late comrade all over again. Even as he grapples with India’s complex political landscape and the challenges of upholding Gandhi’s ideals in a rapidly changing world, the bifocal lenses of Munna’s experiences and his own introspections serve as a turbulent reckoning.
A novel unlike any other, Thank You, Gandhi takes readers into a liminal space beyond the confines of genre and invites them to confront the difficult questions of where we are and how we got here through a layered and rare exploration of male camaraderie.
[PDF] SPIRITUAL NATIONALISM IN LIGHT OF SRI AUROBINDO
thought and … Rishi Aurobindo played a leading role in Indian nationalism early in
life and he did not accept … In establishing unity among the entire human race, Sri …
[PDF] The Subtle Body as Ontological Stratum: A Cross-Traditional Inquiry
the higher strata, where its granularity has no cross-… Mirra Alfassa was Theon's
student in occultism for several years before later joining Aurobindo and becoming …
[PDF] Deceptive Gurus and Babas in Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter
the entire spectrum of society, from the top to the lower rungs. Anuradha Roy’s novel
Sleeping on Jupiter depicts deceptive gurus and babas. Recently, these things have …
[PDF] Integrating the Concept of Brahmacharya into the Modern Education System
the learning environment with technical progress. Alongside this success, pupils
face lots of problems such as anxiety, lack of attention, emotional instability, and lack …
National Education Policy, 2020: The Colonial Maintenance of Indian Nation and State
“multilingual,” and “Indian knowledge,” its structural foundations continue to reflect a
colonial educational framework. The policy reinforces centralized governance …
[PDF] Thematic Analysis of Swami Vivekananda's Poetic Works
poetry–a body of work that until now has been neglected in scholarship on Indian
English literature. Although his philosophy, public speeches and religious teachings …
[PDF] Dissolving Consciousness Dogmatism
repeated credo that intelligence and consciousness must necessarily correspond to
two fundamentally different, entirely unrelated concepts and declared the ignorance …
[PDF] Goodness cannot flower in the field of fear
students, whether in the classroom, on the playing field or in their rooms, have the
responsibility to see that fear in any form does not arise. The educator must not …
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