Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India: Making of the Maithili MovementMoving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which mainly focuses on Hindi–Urdu debates, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India examines the formation of Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the ‘national’ language. It revisits the dynamic hierarchy through which a distinction is produced between ‘major’ and ‘minor’ languages. The movement for recognition of Maithili as an independent language has grown assertive even when the authority of Hindi is resolutely reinforced. The book also examines increasing politicization of the Maithili movement — from Hindi–Maithili ambiguities and antagonisms, to territorial consciousness, and subsequently to separate statehood demand, along with the persistent popular indifference. Mithilesh Jha examines such processes historically, tracing the formation of Maithili movement from mid-nineteenth century until its inclusion into the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution in 2003. |
Contents
Language Politics in India and the Hindi Heartland | |
Language History Nation and the Imaginary of Maithili Identity | |
Maithili Language and the Movement PartI | |
Language as a Conceptual Category and Inner | |
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Akhil Bhartiya Maithili Babu Bhola Lal Bengali Bhagalpur Bhogendra Jha Bhojpuri Bihar Brahmins Chanda Jha Chaudhary Chetna Samiti colonial cultural Darbhanga Darbhanga Raj Delhi demand dialect eighth schedule elites English government of Bihar Grierson Hindi heartland Hindustani identity inclusion of Maithili independent language Indian Constitution Indian languages Indian Nation issue of Mithila Janaki Jayakant Mishra Kameshwar Singh Kolkata Kumar language of India literary Madhubani Magadhi magazines Maithil Mahasabha Maithili and Mithila Maithili language Maithili literature Maithili movement Maithili Sahitya Parishad Maithili speakers Maithili writers Maithili-speaking Minister Mithila and Maithili Mithila Mihir Mithila Moda Mithilakshar modern Maithili mother tongue Muzaffarpur organizations Pandit Patna University Prasad promotion publication published Purnea Ramanath Jha Rameshwar recognition of Maithili region role Saal Sabha Saharsa Sahitya Akademi Sammelan Sangh Sanskrit scholars script separate statehood Sir Ganganath Jha social Suniti Kumar Chatterjee Tarakant Jha Thakur Tirhut Urdu vernacular Vidyapati village