'Glimpses into the Indian Mind - the Growth of Modern India' is a course offered in the B. Tech. programs at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Unit 1
Introduction
General Introduction; ‘His + Story’ or ‘History’ ?; The concepts of ‘nation’, ‘national identity’ and ‘nationalism’; Texts and Textualities: Comparative Perspectives.
Unit 2
Selected writings / selections from the complete works of the following authors will be taken up for study in a chronological order:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy; Dayananda Saraswati; Bal Gangadhar Tilak; Rabindranath Tagore;
Unit 3
Selected writings / selections from the complete works of the following authors will be taken up for study in a chronological order:
Swami Vivekananda; Sri Aurobindo; Ananda K. Coomaraswamy; Sister Nivedita; Mahatma Gandhi; Jawaharlal Nehru; B.R. Ambedkar; Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, the Paramacharya of Kanchi; Dharampal; Raja Rao; V.S. Naipaul.
Conclusion.
- Tilak, Bal Gangadhar.The Orion / Arctic Home in the Vedas.
- Tagore, Rabindranath. The History of Bharatavarsha / On Nationalism / Greater India.
- Vivekananda, Swami. “Address at the Parliament of Religions”/“The Future of India”/“In Defence of Hinduism” from Selections from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.
- Aurobindo, Sri. The Renaissance in India / On Nationalism.
- Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. Essays in Indian Idealism (any one essay) / Dance of Shiva.
- Nivedita, Sister. “Noblesse Oblige: A Study of Indian Caste” / “The Eastern Mother” from The Web of Indian Life.
- Gandhi, Mahatma. Hind Swaraj.
- Nehru, Jawaharlal. “The Quest” from Discovery of India.
- Ambedkar, B. R. “Buddha and His Dhamma” from Collected Works.
- Saraswati, Chandrasekharendra. “The Sastras and Modern Life” from The Hindu Dharma.
- Dharampal. Bharatiya Chitta, Manas and Kala / Understanding Gandhi.
- Naipaul, V. S. India: A Wounded Civilization / India: A Million Mutinies Now.
