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This document summarizes Githa Hariharan's novels In Times of Siege and Fugitive Histories which explore social consciousness and injustice in India. It discusses her background, major works including the novels that focus on themes of communalism, violence, and the rise of communalism in India. It also briefly covers the effects of communalism on society and defines the field of Subaltern Studies which examines history from a non-elite perspective.
This document summarizes Githa Hariharan's novels In Times of Siege and Fugitive Histories which explore social consciousness and injustice in India. It discusses her background, major works including the novels that focus on themes of communalism, violence, and the rise of communalism in India. It also briefly covers the effects of communalism on society and defines the field of Subaltern Studies which examines history from a non-elite perspective.
This document summarizes Githa Hariharan's novels In Times of Siege and Fugitive Histories which explore social consciousness and injustice in India. It discusses her background, major works including the novels that focus on themes of communalism, violence, and the rise of communalism in India. It also briefly covers the effects of communalism on society and defines the field of Subaltern Studies which examines history from a non-elite perspective.
AND FUGITIVE HISTORIES GITHA HARIHARAN Born in 1954 at Coimbatore in India Her works include novels, short stories, essays, newspaper articles and columns. She has written a number of book reviews based on different aspects of culture, political and social underpinning. Works NOVELS The Thousand Faces of Night (1992) The Art of Dying (1993) The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994) When Dreams Travel (1999) In Times of Siege (2003) Fugitive Histories (2009) SHORT STORIES The Winning Team (2004) Sorry, Best Friend! ESSAY From India to Palestine: Essays in Solidarity THINK Do you have the habit of reading newspaper ? If so, what do you feel when you read about injustice done to a man/woman ? What you will do if you are the one among the victim ? Have you ever dreamt about the society you want to live ? As youths how much you are concerned about the society ? What is the purpose of knowing history ? What history tells us ? GUJARAT RIOT VIOLENCE RISE OF COMMUNALISM IN INDIA EFFECTS OF COMMUNALISM It is the major obstacle that tends to separate people on the basis of religion, language, territories and ethnic origin. It creates pluralistic society, like multi- lingual, multi-racial, multi-religious, and multi-cultural society. communalism give rise to terrorism. SUBALTERN STUDIES Started in England in the 1970s Developed from Gramscis theories of culture and class politics Ranajit Guha intiated the project 1970s: focus on workers and peasant movement 1980s: focus on resistance to state power 1990s: influenced by Post Structuralisms and Deconstruction Subaltern studies is a non-elite perspective on South Asian history An attempt to re-write, or retrieve subaltern State of subaltern