Focusing on the history of Hindu education at Banaras Hindu University, a major university of British India between 1915 to 1947, this book explores the complex inter-relationships between religion, education, identity formation, and resistance patterns. It also shows how the un…
Focusing on the history of Hindu education at Banaras Hindu University, a major university of British India between 1915 to 1947, this book explores the complex inter-relationships between religion, education, identity formation, and resistance patterns. It also shows how the un…
"What makes an individual or institution Hindu? What is a Hindu education? Can religious identity co-exist with modern western institutions? What is the role of religion and higher education in nationalism? A Hindu Education provides a comprehensive account of the nature of educ…
"This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana --the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari-- the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry. As the ci…
On the civilization and socioeconomic conditions of India; articles.
On the civilization and socioeconomic conditions of India; articles.
On the civilization and socioeconomic conditions of India; articles.
Female ascetics in Hinduism
by Collins, Steven, Denton, Lynn Teskey
fromSUNY series in Hindu studies
"Female Ascetics in Hinduism provides an account of the lives of women renouncers - women who renounce the world to live ascetic spiritual lives - in India. The author approaches the study of female asceticism by focusing on features of two dharmas, two religiously defined ways …
"A portrait of the collision between tradition and modernity in India, as told through the lives of the Brahmins in the holy city of Benares"--.
