{"product_id":"hindi-hindu-histories-caste-ayurveda-travel-and-communism-in-early-twentieth-century-india-paperback","title":"Hindi Hindu Histories: Caste, Ayurveda, Travel, and Communism in Early-Twentieth-Century India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharu Gupta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how four public intellectuals in North India imagined freedom and Hindi-Hindu nationhood through their writings on caste, Ayurveda, travel, and communism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2026\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnanda Kentish Coomaraswamy Prize presented by the Association for Asian Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eWhat did everyday Hinduism in India look like a hundred years ago? Were its practices more varied and less politically curtailed than now? \u003ci\u003eHindi Hindu Histories\u003c\/i\u003e provides illuminating historical accounts of Hindu life through individual actors, autobiographical narratives, and genres in the Hindi print-public culture of early twentieth-century North India. It focuses on four fascinating figures: a successful woman doctor in the Indigenous medical regime, a globe-trotting Hindu ascetic who opposed Gandhi, an anticaste campaigner who spoke for sexual equality, and a Hindu communist who envisioned an egalitarian utopia in the world of labor. These public intellectuals harbored vernacular dreams of freedom and Hindi-Hindu nationhood through their vantage points of caste, Ayurveda, travel, and communism. Opening up a vast and under-explored Hindi archive, this book presents a dynamic spectacle of a plural Hindi-Hindu universe of facets that coexisted, challenged each other, and comprised an idea of Hinduness far more inclusive than anything conceivable in the present moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharu Gupta \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Professor of History at the University of Delhi. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGendering Colonial India: Reforms, Print, Caste and Communalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740440203360,"sku":"9798855800654","price":82.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/sNfB4AKFnE9798855800654.webp?v=1778093794","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/hindi-hindu-histories-caste-ayurveda-travel-and-communism-in-early-twentieth-century-india-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}