Loadıng
Loadıng
by A G Noorani, Sadanand Menon, Romila Thapar
Translated by Asim Chattapadhyay
Debates around nationalism continue to swirl through our country—does a nation mean its map, or its people? This book examines the idea of nationalism, its historical context, the…
Debates around nationalism continue to swirl through our country—does a nation mean its map, or its people? This book examines the idea of nationalism, its historical context, the origins of sedition laws in the Constitution, and the emergence of cultural nationalism from national culture, prompting readers to reflect on how a negative ideology built around imagined enemies has come to threaten our very existence. Prosongo Jatiyatabad features writings by Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University; the lawyer-historian A. G. Noorani; and Sadanand Menon, Managing Trustee of Arts Foundation, Spaces, Chennai, with the original English book On Nationalism translated by Asim Chattopadhyay.
One of the most distinguished authors and translators of contemporary times, Asim Chattopadhyay spent his early youth in the turbulent and incendiary days of the 1970s, driven by a desire for social change. In later life, he took up editing and translation as his profession, while continuing his creative literary pursuits alongside. He has documented his experiences of a revolutionary life in his novel Pub Akash Lal. He is also the first person to translate Henry Lewis Morgan’s seminal work Ancient Society into Bengali. At present, he is the chief editor of Setu Prakashani.
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