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READINGS Three Essays Press focuses on those works of scholarship which touch upon issues ofc ontc,a1pomy conce,,,. They addiess a wide range oft hanes in history, society, politics, culture, education and D"edia. South Asian the. ;1es would predomioat:e, but not exhaust, the scope of these publica tions. They would familiarise readers with the current debates in tbeu respective fields, even as they eoJaige the field of enquiry. G THE SPEil, OF DHARMA ~~ Other titles &om Three Bnaya · Vijay Pr■eb■d The Arncricao Scheme~ Three Essays S11ail 1C11rn■r The Present in Delhi's Pasts · If sdhika Deesi Slouching Towards Ayodhya: Three Essays Aahraf' .Aziz Light of the Universe: Three Essays on Hindu.111t:ani Film Music KN Psnilrlgar An Agenda for Cultural Action and Other Essays AijazAbmsd On Cornm11nalism and Globalization: Offensives of the Far Right For full details and forthcoming tides, please write to: The Marketing Department, Three Essays, 4/5 Kalkaji Extension, New Delhi 110 019, I~ Tel: 623 4468, 643 9642 or email to: [email protected] Visit our website at: http://www.threeessays.com/ BREAKING THE SPELL OF D and Other Essays Meera Nanda / , a _Thfee hssays B L ) ; ? I S · P b 5 3~-' First Edition N July 2002 ~ o o;)___ copyright Clhree Essays, 2002 All rights reserved No part this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any inforn1ation storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission . of the publisher. ISBN Hb 81-88394-08-4 Pb 81-88394-09-2 Published by ssays Three B11ay1 Pre11 4/5, Kalkaji Extension, New Delhi-11019 India Phone: 623 4468, 643 9642 E-mail to: [email protected] Website: http:/ /ww•.threeessays.com/ Typeset in Garamond Printed at Param Offsetters, New Delhi Contents Introduction xi Dharma and the Bomb: Poetmoclem Critique• of Science -and the R;,e of Reactionary Modernism in India 1 A 'Broken' People Defend Science: Dewey Meet& the Buddha of India'• Dalita 33 - Breaking the Spell of Dharma: A Caae for Indian Enlighteom,ent 103
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