Vikram Sampath se adentra en el rico tapiz de la historia y la cultura de la India, centrándose en las historias a menudo pasadas por alto dentro de la música y el arte. Sus escritos iluminan biografías cautivadoras y eventos históricos, sacando a la luz narrativas olvidadas. Sampath combina magistralmente una investigación rigurosa con una narración cautivadora, dando vida al pasado para los lectores contemporáneos. Su obra ofrece una puerta única a la profundidad y vitalidad del patrimonio cultural de la India.
The book explores the significant influence of The Gramophone Company's early recording expeditions on Indian classical music, analyzing it through socio-cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. Vikram Sampath delves into how these recordings shaped the evolution of the genre and its reception in society, offering insights into the intersection of technology and tradition in the music landscape of India.
Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political scenario. An optimistic advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in his treatise on the 1857 War of Independence, what was it that transformed him into a proponent of 'Hindutva'? A former president of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha, Savarkar was a severe critic of the Congress's appeasement politics. After Gandhi's murder, Savarkar was charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination. While he was acquitted by the court, Savarkar is still alleged to have played a role in Gandhi's assassination, a topic that is often discussed and debated.In this concluding volume of the Savarkar series, exploring a vast range of original archival documents from across India and outside it, in English and several Indian languages, historian Vikram Sampath brings to light the life and works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century.
As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, which is in political ascendancy in India today, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is undoubtedly one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. Accounts of his eventful and stormy life have oscillated from eulogizing hagiographies to disparaging demonization. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in between and has unfortunately never been brought to light. Drawing from a vast range of original archival documents across India and abroad, this biography in two parts - the first focusing on the years leading up to his incarceration and eventual release from the Kalapani - puts Savarkar, his life and philosophy in a new perspective and looks at the man with all his achievements and failings.
Biography of Gauhar Jan, 1870-1930, Indian musician