The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive?

Malhotra, Rajiv

The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive? - Noida Harper Collins Publishers India 2016 - 468p

1.The Hijacking of Sanskrit and Sanskriti
2.Prom European Orientalism to American Orientalism
3.The Obsession with Secularizing Sanskrit
4.Sanskrit Considered a Source of Oppression
5.Ramayana Framed as Socially Irresponsible
6.Politicizing Indian Literature
7.Politicizing the History of Sanskrit and the Vernaculars
8.The Sanskriti Web as an Alternative Hypothesis
9.Declaring Sanskrit Dead and Sanskriti Non-existent
10.Is Sheldon Pollock Too Big to Be Criticized?
11.Conclusion: The Way Forward

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