Language and Politics in India

Edited by Asha Sarangi

Themes in Politics

Relationship between language theory and politics in India
Uses inter-disciplinary approach
Eminent contributors include Granville Austin, Paul R. Brass, and Sudipta Kaviraj, among others

Language and Politics in India

Edited by Asha Sarangi

Description

Language and Politics in India focuses on the relationship between language (culture) and politics (power) at the social, political, historical, cultural, and ideological levels. It explains the conceptual and historical unfolding of this relationship between 1900 and 2000, and expands newer areas and frontiers of research and critical thinking by drawing attention to readings from different disciplines and perspectives. The essays have been thematically arranged to illustrate the rich diversity of issues and arguments. The plurality and methodological innovativeness is reflected in the selection of readings and their novel ways of interpreting the language question. The major highlights of this volume are India's linguistic diversity and its political predicament; linguistic states formation in independent India; Indian Constitution and the language question; linguistic minorities; and language and education.

Language and Politics in India

Edited by Asha Sarangi

Themes in Politics

Introduction: Language and Politics in India, Asha Sarangi
Part I: Language, History, and Nation
1. Language and the Constitution: The Half-Hearted Compromise, Granville Austin
2. Sanskrit for the Nation, Sumathi Ramaswamy
3. Factors in the Linguistic Reorganization of Indian States, Joseph E. Schwartzberg
4. Elite Interests, Popular Passions, and Social Power in the Language Politics of India, Paul R. Brass
Part II: Language, Region, and State
5. The Political Saliency of Language in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Selma K. Sonntag
6. Language and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir: Issues and Perspectives, K. Warikoo
7. The Great Language Debate: Politics of Metropolitan versus Vernacular India, D.L. Sheth
Part III: Language and the Identity Politics
8. Vanishing Diversities and Submerging Identities: An Indian Case, Anvita Abbi
9. Writing, Speaking, Being: Language and the Historical Formation of Identities in India, Sudipta Kaviraj
10. Talking the National Language: Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani in Indian Broadcasting and Cinema, David Lelyveld
11. Language and the Right to the City, Janaki Nair

Language and Politics in India

Edited by Asha Sarangi

Themes in Politics

Author Information

Asha Sarangi is Associate Professor at the Centre for Political Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.

Contributors:

Anvita Abbi, Chairperson and Professor, Centre for Linguistics, School of Language, Literature and Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Granville Austin, Constitutional Analyst
Paul R. Brass, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor of Middle East and Asian Languages, Columbia University
David Lelyveld, Professor of History, William Peterson University
Janaki Nair, Professor of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, India
Sumathi Ramaswamy, Professor of History, Duke University
Joseph E. Schwartzberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
D.L. Sheth, National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, India
Selma K. Sonntag, Professor of Government and Politics, Humboldt State University
K. Warikoo, Professor and Director, Central Asian Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India