Altered Destinations

A critic, poet, and novelist with over thirty books, a hundred and twenty-five academic papers, and hundreds of notes, book reviews, and journalistic essays to his credit, Makarand R. Paranjape is currently Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• Preface; Self, Society and Nation: Indian Notions of Responsibility; 1857: The Religious Roots of Indian Anti-Imperialism; Indian Alternations: Aurobindo, Ambedkar and After; Interrogating Indian Post-Nationalism: Culture, Citizenship and Global Futures; Hindi Hain Hum: An Account of a Vibhashi’s Romance with the National Language; The Case for Sanskrit as India’s National Language; National Education? Problems and Prospects; Regaining the Indian Eye; Secularism vs. Hindu Nationalism: Interrogating the Terms of the Debate; Plurality, Tolerance and Religious Conflict in India; Towards a Common Future? An Indo-Pakistani Story; The Availability of Mahatma Gandhi: Towards a Neo-Gandhian Praxis; Notes; Works Cited