Fewer Indians would think of the Lala, or Lajpat Rai, as the person whose death, after being brutally assaulted while protesting the arrival of Simon Commission in Lahore, was the trigger for Bhagat Singh to seek revenge and thereafter walk to the gallows.
Even fewer Indians, including this reviewer, would have wondered for long why the radical Singh, influenced by Marxist thought, would have taken retribution on the British for their attack on a nationalist, considered by many as an antecedent of later Hindu Nationalist ideologues, especially Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. When the book's full title was first shared, I was struck by the coinage, "Ideas of Nationhood"-which clearly indicated that Lajpat Rai was possibly guided by multiple opinions, each professing a different view of nationhood. What were these and how were they strung within his persona?
Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav has set out to address these questions by structuring the book around the complex and evolving political vision and perspectives of the nationalist leader in various phases of his long political career. Starting in the 1880s and continuing till his death in 1928, the book has been split into four phases.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der March 29, 2024-Ausgabe von Business Standard.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der March 29, 2024-Ausgabe von Business Standard.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
Cement stocks may remain tepid in near term
Likely weak demand over the next few months as the monsoon season gathers pace, coupled with no price hikes, may keep cement stocks tepid in the near term, believe analysts. As a strategy, however, they suggest investors accumulate related stocks on dips, encashing benefits of a rebound in the second half of the current financial year.
No poll jitters for MF scheme launches
Fund houses to provide better entry points after June 4
Scramble for ERP licence as doubts linger on mkt size
About a dozen players dive into the fray
Sunil Chhetri, Indian football's brightest star, to hang up his boots
World Cup qualifier against Kuwait on June 6 will be his last game
WATERED DOWN
As Bengaluru segues from a parched summer to torrential rains, citizen groups and authorities evaluate the city's future as India's IT capital
SUV sales drive M&M profit to beat estimates
Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has reported a 4 per cent jump in consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter of the 2023-24, riding on a 9 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in revenue to ₹35,452 crore.
Vi Q4 loss rings louder on higher finance cost
Arpu, revenue rise marginally; telco sees 4G subscriber base grow
Regulatory fee or unjust enrichment?
Regulators are empowered to levy fees for services rendered, not to impose tax-like levies to create surpluses for themselves
Netflix nears deal for NFL games, extending focus on sports events
Netflix Inc will air two National Football League games this Christmas Day, in the streaming TV giant's latest push into live events.
Xi, Putin call for political solution’ to Ukraine war
Both leaders warned of growing nuclear tensions between rival powers