Rahul Sagar’s edited book compiles 19th century Indian writings in English that demonstrate their authors’ views about the colonial experience, its consequences, and India’s place in the world. Sagar has undertaken this work because historical memories condition the contemporary articulation of attitudes and policies. The selections are an assiduous telling of how Indians began to imagine themselves as inhabitants of one India—while revealing the diversity of their views about the idea of India.
Imagining India’s Place in the World: A Nineteenth Century Debate Centrestage
Jayant Prasad
TO RAISE A FALLEN PEOPLE: HOW NINETEENTH-CENTURY INDIANS SAW THEIR WORLD AND SHAPED OURS by Edited by Rahul Sagar Juggernaut, 2022, 352 pp., INR 799.00
May 2024, volume 48, No 5