Published : Nov 11, 2024 21:32 IST - 12 MINS READ The 1960s were a time of student uprisings across the world. R. Vijaya Sankar’s timely translation of Hindi Imperialism, whose author, Aladi Aruna, was an active participant in the anti-Hindi agitations and later became an important leader in the DMK, should kindle interest in this crucial political movement of …
Bishop Robert Caldwell, the Church-ordained missionary, had nearly three centuries’ worth of past masters to guide him. But more than Nobili, it was his worthy successor, the Italian missionary Constantius Beschi who decisively changed the direction, focus, and tactics of harvesting Hindu souls in Tamil Nadu. Beschi is also the first European scholar of the Tamil language who elaborately delineated …
