Sudipta Sen: 2 books
Ganges
The Many Pasts of an Indian River
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world’s third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora
Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India’s most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian...
A Distant Sovereignty
National Imperialism and the Origins of British India
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
In this broad study of British rule in India during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Sudipta Sen takes up this dual agenda, sketching out the interrelationships between nationalism, imperialism, and identity formation as they played out in both England and South Asia.