TY - BOOK AU - Malhotra, Rajiv TI - The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive? SN - 9789351775386 U1 - 491.02 PY - 2016/// CY - Noida PB - Harper Collins Publishers India KW - India - Study and Teaching N1 - 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 ER -