09-17-2003, 05:40 AM
Prof.S.N.Balagangadhara's book has to be mentioned in this. It is extremely expensive so I would try and get it through inter-library loan system. He has also written a paper available for private distribution - I will have to ask for his permission to redistribute it.
Amazon link for the book
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9004099433/qid=1063756843/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]The 'Heathen in His Blindness...': Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion [/url]
He has written a couple of articles on Sulekha also .
[url="http://sulekha.com/column.asp?cid=271421"]On Colonial Experience and the Indian Renaissance: A Prolegomenon to a Project [/url]
Other must-reads..
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691088950/qid=1063757152/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas Dirks.[/url]
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253213584/ref=pd_sim_books_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books"]Imagining India by Ronald Inden[/url]
Amazon link for the book
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9004099433/qid=1063756843/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]The 'Heathen in His Blindness...': Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion [/url]
He has written a couple of articles on Sulekha also .
[url="http://sulekha.com/column.asp?cid=271421"]On Colonial Experience and the Indian Renaissance: A Prolegomenon to a Project [/url]
Other must-reads..
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691088950/qid=1063757152/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas Dirks.[/url]
[url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253213584/ref=pd_sim_books_1/002-7951558-8160854?v=glance&s=books"]Imagining India by Ronald Inden[/url]