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Papers by Sarvani Gooptu
Routledge eBooks, Jun 26, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Jun 26, 2023
Studies in History
Samir Kumar Das and Bishnupriya Basak (Eds.), The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritag... more Samir Kumar Das and Bishnupriya Basak (Eds.), The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public Springer, Singapore, 2021, pp. 240. ISBN 978-981-16-0262-7.
Routledge eBooks, Nov 24, 2022
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
MK Gandhi Media Politics and Society Kaul ed., 2020
Asian Studies , 2020
While evaluating the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in the 150 th birth anniversary year, one was... more While evaluating the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in the 150 th birth anniversary year, one was struck time and again, by the phrase ‗relevance of his ideas and philosophies today' and the yet how it meant something different to everyone, not only in India but everywhere in the world. What is beyond doubt that he is the one Indian who is known to all, even those who do not actually know his name or that of India. Gandhi's philosophy has endured despite changes in people's resistance around Asia and so has his larger than his life image. C.F. Andrews in his edited volume of Mahatma Gandhi at work says that, ‗the vital principle of moral resistance, or soul force, taking the place of armed revolt, represents in my opinion by far the greatest contribution, which Mahatma Gandhi has made to the moral philosophy of our own time.' 2 Andrews would have been happy to know that what he prophesied in 1931 is still valid today. In all discussions and debates on the relevance of M. K. Gandhi in political movements today in his this moral force and fostering of brotherhood without discriminations that is still brought up as relevance. There is an opinion among many that Gandhi was not really interested in anything other than what was happening in India and if there were references to the Indian diaspora in Asia, Europe and America in his writings and speeches it was only incidental. I find it strange to believe that someone who developed his philosophy outside India among the Indian diaspora could become victim of a complete amnesia in the space of the few years. It is true that his travelling was limited but one has to take into account his advancing age and the political trauma that he was subjected to as the leading enemy of the imperial government. I have excluded S. Africa from my discussion here and have concentrated on Fiji and Burma. Fiji Back in India from South Africa from 1915, despite his preoccupation with the satyagraha movements and preparing for the Khilafat Non-cooperation, Mahatma Gandhi's heart still bled for the Indian diaspora in Fiji. After a meeting held at Excelsior Theatre in Bombay to pass resolutions regarding East Africa and Fiji, he raises the issue in Young India where he writes ‗...why there was a martial law, why there was shooting, why Mr. and Mrs. Manilal Doctor (were) deported without trial and without even being heard in their defence. The Government have kept us too long waiting. We insist on full justice being done and we must bring back as speedily as possible all those who wish to return to the motherland.' 3 The first criticism about the indenture system of bringing in Indian labour for agriculture in Fiji in 1864 was by Sir Arthur Gordon, a missionary.
Reimagining BIMSTEK, 2021
Letrônica, 2018
Modern theatrical performances in Bengali language in Calcutta, the capital of British colonial r... more Modern theatrical performances in Bengali language in Calcutta, the capital of British colonial rule, thrived from the mid-nineteenth century though they did not include women performers till 1874. The story of the early actresses is difficult to trace due to a lack of evidence in contemporary sources. So though a researcher is vaguely aware of their significance and contribution to Indian theatre, they have remained shadowy figures – nameless except for those few who have left a written testimony of their lives and activities. It is my intention through the study of this primary material and the scattered references to these legendary actresses in vernacular journals and memoirs, to recreate the stories of some of these divas and draw a connection between testimony and lasting memory. ***Memória e testemunho escrito: as atrizes do teatro público em Calcutá nos séculos XIX e XX***As representações teatrais modernas na língua bengali em Calcutá, a capital do governo colonial britânic...
Urna Dasgupta, Rabindranath Tagore: a biography, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004, 104 pp... more Urna Dasgupta, Rabindranath Tagore: a biography, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004, 104 pp., ISBN: 978-0195669800.Rabindranath Tagore's life and work excited the interest in people all over the world and a huge amount of literature has been created by scholars in different languages. An important addition to this collection is the book written by Uma Dasgupta, who has researched extensively on Tagore and Vishwa Bharati. In Rabindranath Tagore: a biography Urna Dasgupta has dealt with two important aspects of Tagore as an educator and a rural reformer (which Dasgupta considered to be lesser researched areas). She uses in this work her extensive research on the history of Vishwa Bharati. Since Tagore was primarily a man of words she also analyses those concerns which featured in his writings and actions, i.e. racial humiliation, search for self esteem, India's history, nationalism and internationalism, education, religion, Religion of Man, Humanism and Jiban Devata or L...
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Routledge eBooks, Jun 26, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Jun 26, 2023
Studies in History
Samir Kumar Das and Bishnupriya Basak (Eds.), The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritag... more Samir Kumar Das and Bishnupriya Basak (Eds.), The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public Springer, Singapore, 2021, pp. 240. ISBN 978-981-16-0262-7.
Routledge eBooks, Nov 24, 2022
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
MK Gandhi Media Politics and Society Kaul ed., 2020
Asian Studies , 2020
While evaluating the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in the 150 th birth anniversary year, one was... more While evaluating the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in the 150 th birth anniversary year, one was struck time and again, by the phrase ‗relevance of his ideas and philosophies today' and the yet how it meant something different to everyone, not only in India but everywhere in the world. What is beyond doubt that he is the one Indian who is known to all, even those who do not actually know his name or that of India. Gandhi's philosophy has endured despite changes in people's resistance around Asia and so has his larger than his life image. C.F. Andrews in his edited volume of Mahatma Gandhi at work says that, ‗the vital principle of moral resistance, or soul force, taking the place of armed revolt, represents in my opinion by far the greatest contribution, which Mahatma Gandhi has made to the moral philosophy of our own time.' 2 Andrews would have been happy to know that what he prophesied in 1931 is still valid today. In all discussions and debates on the relevance of M. K. Gandhi in political movements today in his this moral force and fostering of brotherhood without discriminations that is still brought up as relevance. There is an opinion among many that Gandhi was not really interested in anything other than what was happening in India and if there were references to the Indian diaspora in Asia, Europe and America in his writings and speeches it was only incidental. I find it strange to believe that someone who developed his philosophy outside India among the Indian diaspora could become victim of a complete amnesia in the space of the few years. It is true that his travelling was limited but one has to take into account his advancing age and the political trauma that he was subjected to as the leading enemy of the imperial government. I have excluded S. Africa from my discussion here and have concentrated on Fiji and Burma. Fiji Back in India from South Africa from 1915, despite his preoccupation with the satyagraha movements and preparing for the Khilafat Non-cooperation, Mahatma Gandhi's heart still bled for the Indian diaspora in Fiji. After a meeting held at Excelsior Theatre in Bombay to pass resolutions regarding East Africa and Fiji, he raises the issue in Young India where he writes ‗...why there was a martial law, why there was shooting, why Mr. and Mrs. Manilal Doctor (were) deported without trial and without even being heard in their defence. The Government have kept us too long waiting. We insist on full justice being done and we must bring back as speedily as possible all those who wish to return to the motherland.' 3 The first criticism about the indenture system of bringing in Indian labour for agriculture in Fiji in 1864 was by Sir Arthur Gordon, a missionary.
Reimagining BIMSTEK, 2021
Letrônica, 2018
Modern theatrical performances in Bengali language in Calcutta, the capital of British colonial r... more Modern theatrical performances in Bengali language in Calcutta, the capital of British colonial rule, thrived from the mid-nineteenth century though they did not include women performers till 1874. The story of the early actresses is difficult to trace due to a lack of evidence in contemporary sources. So though a researcher is vaguely aware of their significance and contribution to Indian theatre, they have remained shadowy figures – nameless except for those few who have left a written testimony of their lives and activities. It is my intention through the study of this primary material and the scattered references to these legendary actresses in vernacular journals and memoirs, to recreate the stories of some of these divas and draw a connection between testimony and lasting memory. ***Memória e testemunho escrito: as atrizes do teatro público em Calcutá nos séculos XIX e XX***As representações teatrais modernas na língua bengali em Calcutá, a capital do governo colonial britânic...
Urna Dasgupta, Rabindranath Tagore: a biography, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004, 104 pp... more Urna Dasgupta, Rabindranath Tagore: a biography, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004, 104 pp., ISBN: 978-0195669800.Rabindranath Tagore's life and work excited the interest in people all over the world and a huge amount of literature has been created by scholars in different languages. An important addition to this collection is the book written by Uma Dasgupta, who has researched extensively on Tagore and Vishwa Bharati. In Rabindranath Tagore: a biography Urna Dasgupta has dealt with two important aspects of Tagore as an educator and a rural reformer (which Dasgupta considered to be lesser researched areas). She uses in this work her extensive research on the history of Vishwa Bharati. Since Tagore was primarily a man of words she also analyses those concerns which featured in his writings and actions, i.e. racial humiliation, search for self esteem, India's history, nationalism and internationalism, education, religion, Religion of Man, Humanism and Jiban Devata or L...
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021
Knowing Asia, Being Asian, 2021