Beyond powerlessness: institutional life of the vernacular in the making of Modern Orissa (1866-1931)
This article calls for a revision and expansion of our understanding of the concept of 'vernacular' in modern Indian scholarship. Current definitions of the concept pose it as a local, indigenous and powerless language. Scholars like Ranajit Guha and Partha Chatterjee have argued that such...
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