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Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- II
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Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- II

Dr Pingali Gopal- August 24, 2019

The colonials looked at idolatry by an Indian belief in ‘things’ and ‘images’, sometimes extended to a material ‘rituals, ceremonies, and practices’ done in a ... Read More

Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- I
Archives, Indology

Book Review & Summary: Idolatry and the Colonial Idea of India By Swagato Ganguly- I

Dr Pingali Gopal- August 23, 2019

In colonial India, idolatry became a totalising figure for Indian society and its perceived strangeness, excesses, and anomalies. Idolatry was the overarching figure for Indian ... Read More