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Nationalism and Anti-Caste Radicalism

Revolt

Nationalism and Anti-Caste Radicalism

The Self-respect movement was not merely a social reform movement. Rather, it considered itself espousing and representing an alternative politics and one in which social concerns were as central to its vision of an ideal polity as political ones. This politics was defined in two ways: as a critique of and in contrast to Congress nationalism; and as political Non-brahminism. Self-respecters prised apart Congress Nationalism and subjected its truth claims and patriotic rhetoric to relentless critical interrogation. Gandhi proved a frustrating object of critique for them: intrigued as well as irritated by his moral creed, they yet dared to disagree...

From Revolt

Revolt

From Revolt

This selection of articles from Revolt has been made, keeping in mind the historical conjuncture in which the magazine was published. For heuristic purposes, the selection has been arranged under different heads, and as readers will find out, most pieces can and ought to be read across chapters and sections. Each of the four parts comes with its own brief introduction. Each part is further subdivided into thematic sections – these relate to events, personalities, ideas or particular ideological concerns. Each section is further divided into sub-sections. In the latter, wherever they relate to the same idea or topic or...

Revolt in Its Time

Revolt

Revolt in Its Time

Revolt was active for over two momentous years: from 1928-1930. The mid-and late 1920s were marked by workers’ unrest in Bombay and Calcutta in key industries, the great railway strike and articulated rural discontent in the Andhra region of the Madras Presidency and the United Provinces. These years also saw the determined assertion of a radical anti-untouchability politics in the Bombay province under the leadership of Dr Ambedkar, which directly challenged the Gandhian approach to reform, and threatened to steal nationalism’s moral aura from it. Besides, Congress nationalists had to contend with youthful militancy in Bengal and Punjab. The Young...