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Language and the making of modern India : nationalism and the vernacular in colonial Odisha, 1803-1956 /

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"In the National Anthem, India is portrayed as a collection of images, some geographical and some linguistic. Written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, this poem staked out linguistic regions long before they were officially formed. By juxtaposing language based regions like Punjab, Gujarat, Mara...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mishra, Pritipuspa, 1979- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Odisha (India) > Languages > Political aspects.
Language policy > Political aspects > India > Odisha.
Language and languages > Political aspects
India > Odisha
History
Asia
India & South Asia
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Nation in the vernacular
  • How the Vernacular Became Regional
  • Vernacular Publics: A modern Odia readership imagined
  • The Odia Political Subject and the Rise of the Odia Movement
  • The Odia Political Subject and the Rise of the Odia Movement
  • Odisha as Vernacula Homeland
  • The Invisible Minority: History and the Problem of the Adivasi
  • The Genius of India: Linguistic Difference, Regionalism and the Indian Nation.