The Idea of India

Deconstructing the post-enlightenment representation.

Baba Rampuri talks about the challenge to know the “other,” and, in this case of engaging another culture, overcoming its representations by one’s own culture.

 

“I see the mainstream representation of India in much the same way as I see the mainstream news media. Our understanding of India is an imperial culture’s construction of its colony. I clearly saw this in my own thinking, and continue to discover its artefacts in my thoughts.”