https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6180 2026-02-11T13:52:22Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6468 Title: Conceptualising The Hindudom And The Threatening ‘Other`: Savitri Devi Mukherjee As A Hindu Nationalist In Late Colonial Bengal Authors: Dasgupta, Koushiki Abstract: Savitri Devi Mukherjee’s ‘A Warning to the Hindus` (1939) was published as a part of her Hindu nationalist project in India under the patronage of the Hindu Mission at Calcutta. This less highlighted and unexplored work could be used to understand an obscure variety of Hindu nationalism which proposed to create one Hindudom on the basis of an Aryan- Hindu connection in the past. The entire argument was placed on an enigma of ‘danger` and ‘threat` from the ‘other` religions and opened up a unique space of community-consciousness in a communally charged situation. The myth of an Aryan-Hindu race might have its own connotations in the ideological terrain, Savitri Devi’s notion of Hindu nationalism and her own convictions on Hindu sangathan had developed severe contradictions in the realm of Hindu politics which she had not realised properly in a given context. Her own ideological obsession with a Nazi-Aryan dominance didn’t fit well with the idea of Hindudom, what she believed, would have arrived from the Savarkarian notion of Hindutva. Description: PP 9-22 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6467 Title: Tagore and Decolonization Authors: Mandal, Manojit Abstract: This paper revisits Tagore during the turbulent period of India’s struggle for freedom since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and how he demonstrated discursive strategies of decolonization while living under an offshore dominion. It is a brief attempt to underline the interface between Tagore’s obvious emergence as a prolific writer and his active participation in the nationalist politics of India since the late 1880s. By reinterpreting Tagore’s overtly political writings, public lectures replete with distinct nationalist themes, and by emphatically recognizing his idea of self-empowerment through indigenous economic enterprises, this study seeks to establish Tagore not just as an important nationalist figure of the time, but also a radical decolonizer, who was consciously producing a great body of literature to compliment his political vision and the contemporary nationalist movements. Description: PP 23-35 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6466 Title: Hunting as a Leisurely Sporting Activity in Colonial Bengal: A Historical Discourse Authors: Chatterjee, Amitava Abstract: Hunting from age old times is prevalent in the Indian subcontinent. It is also considered as a manly sport which involved a team of men exercising their masculine powers upon the beasty of the jungle. Tiger hunt was something which was looked upon as super masculine activity. Before the institutionalization of hunting, it was a common practice as a form of entertainment. The colonizers however played an important role in institutionalization of hunting. The control of the forest by the Raj also added a new flavour in the sport. Bengal was covered with numerous forest lands and mangroves. Thus, the sport gained popularity among landed potentates who frequented these jungles with a large team as a part of their leisurely activities. Sometimes they took up gun for protecting subjects from the aggression of wild beats. These team members were also efficient hunters though they were sometimes not duly recognized. Contemporary sources including official records and hunting narratives reveals plenty of facts regarding the wide spread acceptance of this institutionalized sport. Description: PP 36-43 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6465 Title: Chinese Way of Nation Building: Re Interpreting the Early Maoist Era Authors: Mishra, Keshav Abstract: Like all social political phenomenon, nationalism is a concrete historical category. The integration of communities into nations was a direct outcome of a prolonged historical process and at a distinct stage of social, political and economic development, nations came into being. This excitement took place in the context of a world which had just seen the brief success of many ideological movements as Nazism, and Fascism and which was not confronting the spread of communism. The problems of political development clearly called for interdisciplinary research. Anthropological studies of African & Asian cultures appeared to offer rich material for understanding the processes associated with nation building. Description: PP 44-52 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z