History of Indian Nationalism Nation and nationalism is a subject of heated debate in India today, with a large number of its citizens trying to prove their love for the nation and demanding all others to do the same, often violently. But did the concept of nation and nationalism come naturally to India or did it have its origins elsewhere. Here are some select links that throw light on various aspects of nationalism in India. While some of these are deep academic research-based sources, some may be popular texts to explain the concept to lay persons. Readers may share more useful links with us if they don't feature here: Essays on Indian Nationalism, Bipin Chandra Indian Nationalism: The Essential Writings, Edited by S.Irfan Habib, Aleph On Nationalism, by Romila Thapar, A.G. Noorani, Sadanand Menon Indian Nationalism: A History, by Jim Masselos The Origins of Indian Nationalism According to Native Writers, Bruce T. McCully, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep., 1935) Origins of Indian Nationalism: Some Questions on the Historiography of Modem India Restoring Dalit Agency In The Politics Of Nationalism Indian Nationalism: The Political Origin, BRIJ B. KHARE, The Indian Journal of Political Science Women and Indian Nationalism Leela Kasturi and Vina Mazumdar Dalit Imagination: An Antidote to Communal Nationalism, Chinnaiah Jangam Nationalism in India (extracts from an NCERT textbook) Nationalism as the Framework for Dalit Self-Realization, Gopal Guru Dalit Memory, Imagination and the Nationalist Narrative Religious nationalism invents its own history: Romila Thapar Marxism and Nationalism, Achin Vanaik, A survey of a large body of theories of the nation and nationalism, and considers them in the context of contemporary India. Historiography of Indian Nationalism, Larry Slawson (Owlcation.com) Nationalism and Nation-State as Discourse in India, Anirudh Deshpande, EPW Beyond the Nation Or Within, Partha Chatterjee, EPW Questions of Nationalism and Communalism, Gyanendra Pandey, EPW English Education and the Origins of Indian Nationalism. By Bruce Tiebout McCully The development of nationalism in the Indian case, Sriram Madhusoodanan (University of South Florida, Scholar Commons) Indian Nationalism and Religious Identity, Ashik Kumar (Guided History) Indigenous Modernities: Nationalism andCommunalism in Colonial India, Giorgio SHANI Cultural Nationalism in India, Aditi Athreya, Anthrology The Nationalist Movement In India And The Role Of Mahatma Gandhi And Non-Violence William Gould, Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India, a review by Claude Markovits The Nationalism Debate: Past and Present, Muchkund Dubey, Indian Journal of Public Administration The myths of Indian nationalism (Review of Perry Anderson's 'The Indian Ideology') by Nagesh Rao What Does it Take to Build a Nation? A Curated List on Nationalism, EPW Engage A short history of the rise and rise of Hindu nationalism in India, by Ketan Alder (Quartz) Imperialism and Nationalism in India, Anil Seal
Nationalism a driving force behind fake news in India, research shows (BBC) Nationalism, then and now (Frontline, April 2016) By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India, Rupam Jain and tom Lasseter When did nationalism acquire its ugly manifestation? Looking to pre-independent India holds answer How Dalits Have Been Fighting Upper Caste Nationalism to Protect Their Rights, Eram Agha This list is in progress. Please let us know if you know of some good archive on the Internet which concerns us and we may have missed. Please report if you find any dead links. |