Prafulla C. Kar

K. C. Baral

This Volume Critiques A Variety Of Major Definitions Of Identityformation And Their Manifestations In The Sphere Of Social, Cultural And Literary Activities, Involving Several Of The Highly Charged Debates In Our Times, Such As The Problematic Of The Attitude To Muslims In Colonial And Postcolonial India And The Position Of Dalits In The Fabric Of The Nation.

Identities, Local and Global

R. Radhakrishnan

Contributed articles previously published in several journals on the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004.

Essays in Critical Praxis

Theory After Derrida

D. Venkat Rao

Sura Prasad Rath

Samskara: A Critical Reader is the first volume of its kind to be published on one of the classics of Indian literatures. It includes two foundation essays by Anantha Murthy, one on Indian fiction and the other on how he wrote Samskara, offering a historical context to the volume. Other essays, besides tracing the novel's roots to the tradition of realism in Indian fiction, address textual issues such as the representations of colonial modernity, thematic issues such as brahminism and the caste system, cultural issues such as gender and epistemic contestations, probing the depth and complexity of the work from a broad range of contemporary theoretical perspectives. Two essays focusing on the novel's translation into other languages and adaptation for radio add new dimensions to the interpretation of the novel.

K. C. Baral

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