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Novetzke’s new book explores the impact of India’s Marathi language

October 24, 2016

Author:

Christian Lee Novetzke

Photograph of popular Marathi newspapers.

Columbia University Press has published Jackson School South Asia and Comparative Religion Professor Christian Novetzke’s latest book, The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India, which explores a pivotal moment in the history of Indian literature, religion and public life challenging the dominance of Sanskrit, a language largely restricted to men of high caste.

The Quotidian Revolution book cover

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