Selected Writings from Chandrika

Parasmani Pradhan and early Indian Nepali Periodical Culture
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-88289-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Voices from the Margins

This volume focuses on select contributions made to the Nepali periodical Chandrika, published from Kurseong/Darjeeling, India, from 1918 to 1919. Edited by Paras Mani Pradhan, Chandrika is a significant work in understanding the development of Nepali language and Nepali identity. This volume presents articles on Nepali language, literature, education and identity along with critical essays that facilitate the entry of periodical studies, especially Nepali periodicals, into the curricula of humanities departments of universities in India and abroad.

Chandrika also reflects a time when the Indian national consciousness was forming, alongside a consciousness of an Indian-Nepali identity. The writings give an invaluable insight into the intellectual and shared common temper and discourse on the subjects of language, education, progress and society from the borderlands of pre-independence India. The volume will be important in raising awareness about the social-cultural, political concerns of the time and also helping readers connect this historical work with the more recent developments in regional literature and identity.

Part of the Voices from the Margins series, this critical edition will be of interest to students and researchers of comparative literature, Nepali, translation studies, journalism, periodical studies, South Asian literature and culture, modern Indian literature, culture, history, and sociology.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tamang, Bhawana Theeng

Tamang, Shradhanjali

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Select critical essays on Chandrika  1. Introduction  2. Chandrika in Nepali Literature  3. Parasmani Pradhan and Chandrika  Part II: Selected writings from Chandrika  4. Volume 1  5. Volume 2

Über Autor(innen)

Shradhanjali Tamang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University. Her PhD studied the indigenous oral folk traditions in the Eastern Himalayas. She is also the Joint-Coordinator of CENTIL.

Bhawana Theeng Tamang is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Gurudas College Kolkata. She has been working closely with The Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures (CENTIL) Jadavpur since 2016. She is currently pursuing her PhD from the Department of English, Jadavpur University. Her area of research includes Eastern Himalayas, Nepali Literature, formation of the Indian Nepali identity.