LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
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         Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
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The Public Intellectual in India –
A Review

Binu George


Abstract

A review of Professor Romila Thapar's book The Public Intellectual in India (2015) is presented. The book is a collection of essays by five well known writers (Sundar Sarukkai, Dhruv Raina, Peter Ronald deSouza, Neeladri Bhattacharya, and Jawed Naqvi) and Thapar herself. The book is based mainly on certain latest developments in India and the role of the contemporary public intellectuals.

Keywords: Public individuals, colonialism, politics, religious affiliation

Romila Thapar

Renowned Indian historian Romila Thapar started her career at Kurukshetra University as a reader in Ancient Indian History and is known as the author of a number of books, essays, articles, and as editor of a handful of books. She is awarded with honorary doctorate from both regional and foreign universities and the prestigious Kluge Prize. Her recent book, published in 2015, The Public Intellectual in India, a collection of essays by five well known writers excluding Thapar is based mainly on developments in India and the role of the contemporary public intellectuals here. The Public Intellectual in India consists of six essays besides a long introduction and conclusion by Thapar. The contributors are Sundar Sarukkai, Dhruv Raina, Peter Ronald deSouza, Neeladri Bhattacharya, Jawed Naqvi, and Thapar herself. In the note about the book, Thapar tells about how she was invited to deliver the third Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Lecture by the Book Review Literary Trust and the lecture titled “To Question or Not to Question, That is the Question” is expanded in the form of a book including the responding essays by five other people who were invited to do so.

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Binu George
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Faculty of English and Foreign Languages
Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University)
Dindigul 624 302
Tamil Nadu
India
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