The process of modernization poses a profound challenge to societies. Nowhere is this more true than in India where cultural memories have been severely tested by colonial domination but have been loyally preserved nonetheless. This anthology documents the intellectual struggle of a distinguished group of Indian writers and philosophers in the twentieth century to articulate the meaning of `India' and thereby establish an identity which bridges indigenous tradition and Western-style modernity. INDICE: IntroductionPART ONE: COLONIALISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCEModern India - Swami VivekanandaNationalism in India - Rabindranath TagoreThe Renaissance in India - Sri AurobindoThe Vedanta and Western Tradition - Ananda K CoomaraswamySome of the Basic Principles and Tenets of the Hindu Movement - Vinayak D SavarkarFreedom - Jiddu Krishnamurti On NationalismAnti-Imperialist Struggle in India - Manavendranath Roy Preconditions of Indian RenaissanceGandhism - B R Ambedkar The Doom of the UntouchablesThe Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam - Muhammad Iqbal Presidential AddressCongress Presidential Speech - Abul Kalam AzadHind Swaraj (Excerpts) - Mohandas GandhiMedium of InstructionThe Message of IndiaA Tryst with Destiny - Jawaharlal NehruOur InheritanceIndia - Old and NewSynthesis is Our TraditionNational SolidarityPART TWO: MODERNIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTSGandhi's Theory of Society and Our Times - A K SaranUnderstanding Nehru's Political Ideology - Thomas PanthamEthical Imperatives - Rajni KothariCultural Frames for Social Transformation - Ashis Nandy A CredoTradition - Romila ThaparOn Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India - Ranajit GuhaThe Oppressive Present - Sudhir ChandraThe Swaraj of India - Ramchandra GandhiWhy Not Worship in the Nude? Reflections of a Novelist in His Time - V R Anantha MurthyIndia and Europe - Nirmal Verma Some Reflections on Self and OtherReligion and Politics - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan A Silent RevolutionWomen Writing in India - Susie Tharu and K Lalita
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