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British Academy Lecture: Neo-Brahmanism in modern India: Reformers and orthodoxy in the 19th century by Professor Tanika Sarkar
Professor Tanika Sarkar, Ashoka University
Date/Time: Tuesday 29 April 2025, 5.30pm
Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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Chaired by Professor Neelam Srivastava, Professor of Postcolonial and World Literature
A significant socio-cultural movement emerged in late colonial India to strengthen orthodox caste rituals and customs in the daily lives of Hindu people. It powerfully criticised and opposed Indian reformers who tried to change a few aspects of Hindu religious belief and social practices, especially in caste and gender relations. This lecture will explore both reformist and orthodox texts to reveal the ideological upheavals of the period.
Biography
Tanika Sarkar is a Visiting Professor at Ashoka University’s Department of History, having retired as a Professor in Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her recent publications include: Religion and Women in India, 1780s-1980s: Gender, Faith and Politics (2024), Religious Nationalism in India (2022, co-edited with Sekhar Bandyopadhyay), Caste in Bengal: Histories of Hierarchy, Exclusion and Resistance (2023, co-edited with Amrita Basu), Women, Gender, Religious Nationalism (2022).
