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Indianomix – Mythical or Modern
This is an exclusive excerpt from Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya’s book “Indianomix,” published by Random House India on Dec. 6. This excerpt is adapted from the fourth section of Chapter 5, “Mythical or Modern?”
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You still eat with your hands
What is okay for me need not be okay for you.What is not acceptable is you putting down what is okay for me.
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Rejection of the rest
Inspite of all care taken,there will always be one dissenter at least,against any decision taken.
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The Talking Thali
Food ! Baked,steamed,fried – served in courses or all at once – eaten with cutlery or without – the timing of consumption – the sequence of consumption ! It’s about food !
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Outsourcing the storytelling grandmom
Perhaps,it is not about the stories that are told but more about what they stand for-the entire gamut of values,identity,morals,oral traditions….
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Burden of Unity
A thousand different languages,scripts,food,castes,religions,political views and beliefs and they all unite to make one India.
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Indian Thought via Western Eye
It is very difficult to reach a middle ground when the two parties involved are fundamentally different-in thought and cultural upbringing.
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The Constructions of Holy Books
The modern cosmopolitan urban Hindu often overlooks this history and these divisions perhaps because it is so much convenient to ‘unify the diversity’ of Hinduism through one book.
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We did start the Fire
What the British disdainfully referred to as pre-modern in the 18th century turns out to be actually post-post-modern in the 21st century.
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Gods of the little tradition
Every village has its own mythology that is different from the one imposed by the mainstream, often urban, culture.
