Ep 184: Finding Dara Shukoh
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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What Is Hinduism All About?
Hindus are looking thro ways in which to access their sacred texts. Many of them don't know any sanscrit or they might be, of course, conversant and hindubean. And these people come to be the intermediaries at the time of british colonialism. The persian is the first language use for governing. So there is a male class of munches and yo translators literatures who are either tutors to colonial officials or informants to them. Part of this is being shaped by what the colonial sponsors and patrons want to learn. It's also shaping how hindus, in this case, are presenting themselves and thinking about themselves.
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