Status: Complete
Duration: September 2009 - March 2011 (18 months)
Funding Agency: UGC (Minor Research Project)
Grant amount: 1.06 lakh Rupees
Title: Construction of the Guru Figure in Nationalist Discourse in Colonial Bengal (1815-1911)
Table of Contents:
i. Introduction: Historical contexts; "Ideologies of the Raj"; Guru in Indian tradition
ii. The Besieged Guru Figure: Western writing; Indian critique
iii. Empire Writes Back: The Brahmos
iv. Bankim's Nationalist Authority
v. Constructing a Spiritual Nationalist Authority