1st Edition
An Early Venture in Decolonization – British Students at Indian and South Asian Universities
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
PART I BACKGROUND
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 1961 The Commonwealth Scholarship scheme begins
Chapter 3 Student funding and geo-politics
PART II THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS - THE 1960s AND EARLY 1970s
Chapter 4 The scheme gathers pace as the 1960s proceed
Chapter 5 Indian Philosophy, Religion and Sanskrit
Chapter 6 Sociological and anthropological research
Chapter 7 Studying subcontinental history
PART III THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS IN THE 1970s
Chapter 8 Studying architecture and music
Chapter 9 Buddhist Studies and Ceylon/Sri Lanka
PART IV THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
Chapter 10 The polarization of the era is reflected in some of the students
Chapter 11 Studying art
Chapter 12 Studying art the Baroda University Faculty of Fine Arts 1982-5
Chapter 13 Studying art the Baroda University Faculty of Fine Arts 1986-89
Chapter 14 The scheme moves towards its end: the 1990s
PART V SPECIAL CASES PERHAPS
Chapter 15 Studying science in the subcontinent
Chapter 16 Students of South Asian heritage or ancestry
PART VI REFLECTIONS
Chapter 17 Changing motivations over forty years
Chapter 18 Learning from Indians and South Asians
Index
Biography
Mary Searle-Chatterjee is a retired Social Anthropologist and lecturer in South Asian Studies, as well as author and editor of academic books on India. She co-edited Religion, Language and Power (2008) with Nile Green.
