Bibliograph

Swimming upstream, Laxmanshastri Joshi and the evolution of modern India, Arundhati C. Khandkar and Ashok C. Khandkar

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Swimming upstream, Laxmanshastri Joshi and the evolution of modern India, Arundhati C. Khandkar and Ashok C. Khandkar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Swimming upstream

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1120123158

Responsibility statement

Arundhati C. Khandkar and Ashok C. Khandkar

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

Laxmanshastri Joshi and the evolution of modern India

Summary

Laxmanshastri Joshi was a brahmin scholar and a passionate champion for religious and social reform. Unlike most brahmins, he went against the grain, helping Gandhi overcome the powerful upper caste Indians and helped bringing Dalits into the Indian mainstream. With courage and civility, he spoke out against Hindu orthodoxy, pointing to the heterodoxy and polemical debate in the immense sweep of Hindu religion. Like Tagore, he was one of India's renaissance men. 'Swimming Upstream' traces Laxmanshastri's life of scholarship, courage, his steadfast humanity, and his role in the making of a free, secular, modern, and democratic India.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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