04-29-2004, 05:34 AM
Websites with great info on South Asia
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[1]
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/
[entire volumes of the journal, "Social Scientist" from 1972-2001!
Great info; use the search facility to find info on Hindutva, the
Congress, etc][2]
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/index.html
[3]
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesesca...dex-e.html
[more great info from the national library of Canada; entire theses
are online!]
For example, using the keywords, "Sardar" "communalism", one finds:
E-LOCATIONS: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp
03/MQ47769.pdf
NAME(S): *Khoday, Amar, 1973-
TITLE(S): The Lokamanya and the Sardar [microform]
: two generations of Congress communalism
PUBLISHER: Ottawa : National Library of Canada =
Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2000]
DESCRIPTION: 2 microfiches.
SERIES: Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes
NOTES: Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references.
STUDENT ABSTRACT: Antagonism among various religious
communities and particularly between
Hindus and Muslims has become a
recurring feature of the public sphere
in South Asia. This antagonism fed a
steady growth of Muslim separatism in
British India which led to the creation
of Pakistan in 1947. The purpose of this
thesis is to explore the evidence of
such communal attitudes within the major
movement dedicated to achieving Indian
nationhood, the Indian National
Congress. From its founding in 1885, the
organization espoused secular ideals and
a broad vision of Indian nationalism
which would be inclusive of all
religious communities. Nevertheless, a
strong undercurrent of Hindu chauvinism
was evident early in its history and
contributed to the weakening of
political and communal harmony from the
early 1890s to the late 1940s. Lokamanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) and
Sardar Vallabhbhai J. Patel (1875-1950)
were two powerful leaders who helped to
nurture this Hindu chauvinism over a
period of two generations of political
activism. This thesis investigates how
Tilak and Patel's demonization of
Muslims in the print media and the
relegation of Muslims to limited roles
within Congress helped to enfeeble the
secular goals of Congress, despite the
efforts of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964).
ADVERTISEMENT
[1]
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/
[entire volumes of the journal, "Social Scientist" from 1972-2001!
Great info; use the search facility to find info on Hindutva, the
Congress, etc][2]
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/index.html
[3]
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesesca...dex-e.html
[more great info from the national library of Canada; entire theses
are online!]
For example, using the keywords, "Sardar" "communalism", one finds:
E-LOCATIONS: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp
03/MQ47769.pdf
NAME(S): *Khoday, Amar, 1973-
TITLE(S): The Lokamanya and the Sardar [microform]
: two generations of Congress communalism
PUBLISHER: Ottawa : National Library of Canada =
Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2000]
DESCRIPTION: 2 microfiches.
SERIES: Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes
NOTES: Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references.
STUDENT ABSTRACT: Antagonism among various religious
communities and particularly between
Hindus and Muslims has become a
recurring feature of the public sphere
in South Asia. This antagonism fed a
steady growth of Muslim separatism in
British India which led to the creation
of Pakistan in 1947. The purpose of this
thesis is to explore the evidence of
such communal attitudes within the major
movement dedicated to achieving Indian
nationhood, the Indian National
Congress. From its founding in 1885, the
organization espoused secular ideals and
a broad vision of Indian nationalism
which would be inclusive of all
religious communities. Nevertheless, a
strong undercurrent of Hindu chauvinism
was evident early in its history and
contributed to the weakening of
political and communal harmony from the
early 1890s to the late 1940s. Lokamanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) and
Sardar Vallabhbhai J. Patel (1875-1950)
were two powerful leaders who helped to
nurture this Hindu chauvinism over a
period of two generations of political
activism. This thesis investigates how
Tilak and Patel's demonization of
Muslims in the print media and the
relegation of Muslims to limited roles
within Congress helped to enfeeble the
secular goals of Congress, despite the
efforts of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964).