South Asia
Archives, Commentaries
Language – Transcending the Political Space
As a transformative force, a new language thus offers us ever new ways of “being” or “becoming” – as we may choose. A new language ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
(South) Asians? Who? Us? – Astitva and Asmita
To the South Asianist school, the mere thought that Indians (and therefore Hindus) self define themselves is a display of “chauvinism”, “revanchist”, “saffronisation” and worse, ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
California Textbook Controversy: ‘India’ not to be replaced with ‘South Asia’
The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) that met on Thursday to decide upon the final stages of History Social Science Framework to be adopted for the ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
South Asianist sepoys oppose ‘Idea of India’
Why are these South Asianists denying the Dalit-American children in California the right to know that their ancestors were among the most revered saints in ... Read More