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Brian A Hatcher
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Bengali reformer’s tract against polygamy among upper castes holds lessons on legal pluralism
In ‘Against High-Caste Polygamy’, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar seeks reform within while endorsing the vision of respect for religious diversity.
Brian A Hatcher
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Why did Modi say that India’s road to progress has always been led by Bengal – and not Gujarat?
How might our understanding of religious modernity change once we realise that Rammohan Roy and founder of the Swaminarayan sect were near contemporaries?
Brian A Hatcher
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On Vidyasagar’s 200th birth anniversary, how do we recall the mass of contradictions that made him?
We need to interrogate the lives of people like Vidyasagar – and Vivekananda – for what they say about the structures out of which our present has taken shape.
Brian A Hatcher
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