ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWADESHI
From Bengali svadesī, from Sanskrit svadeśin, from sva one's own + deśa country.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWADESHI»
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Swadeshi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857-1947)
Swadeshi was essentially an economic movement intended to give impetus to
indigenous industries in India. But like Boycott, Swadeshi soon came to mean a
great deal more than economic self-sufficiency. Swadeshi extended self-reliance
to ...
2
Confessions of a
Swadeshi Reformer: My Years as Finance Minister
In Confessions Of A Swadeshi Reformer He Gives Us The Inside Story Of How The Framework For The Growth That Has Taken Place Subsequently Was Laid In That Time.
3
Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore
Introduction Tagore's founding of a school at Shantiniketan in late 1901 was part
of an upsurge of swadeshi (nationalist) activity in Bengal (and other parts of India
) around the turn of the century. His aim was to establish a modern version of the
...
Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Dutta, Andrew Robinson, 1997
4
Swadeshi Movement: The Beginnings of Student Unrest in South ...
Thus the Swadeshi movement was a landmark in the struggle for India's freedom
and it set a pattern for future political activities.4 Swadeshi feeling among the
students in Rajahmundry was commendable. The ban on their participating in ...
5
Contemporary Indian Philosophy
If the use of foreign things is beneficial, and does not adversely affect the cottage
industry, then, swadeshi will not be insisted upon. Gandhi is aware that even
swadeshi, like any other good thing, 'can be ridden to death if it is made a fetish'.
6
Rabindranath Tagore's The Home and the World: A Critical ...
Is this novel integrally related to the swadeshi period? Or does the swadeshi
simply provide an incidental and fortuitous backdrop to the action? In terms of
structural analysis, the question could be posed in the following manner: has the
...
7
Gods, Guns, and Globalization: Religious Radicalism and ...
system to produce an endless cycle of wasteful consumption, and it ends by
examining social welfare policies (education, health care), economic
decentralization (small-scale industry with worker participation), and especially
swadeshi.
Mary Ann Tétreault, Robert Allen Denemark, 2004
8
Material Culture: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
24. THE. ORIGINS. OF. SWADESHI. (HOME. INDUSTRY). Cloth. and. Indian.
society,. 1700-1930. C. A. Bayly. Source: A. Appadurai (ed.) The Social Life of
Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press ...
9
Clothing Gandhi's Nation: Homespun and Modern India
Yet spinning and other swadeshi competitions were useful in promoting the
swadeshi movement. Potentially, they offered transformative experiences for their
participants. At the very least, they provided propaganda that could be used by ...
10
From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India
At this juncture the partition instead of dividing the Bengali society, brought into
existence a "swadeshi coalition" by further consolidating the political alliance
between the Calcutta leaders and their east Bengali followers, which according
to ...
Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWADESHI»
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Swadeshi is used in the context of the following news items.
Part of Swadeshi market collapses
Following incessant rains, a part of the staircase and an adjoining pillar collapsed at Kalbadevi's Swadeshi Market — one of the oldest cloth markets in the city ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
Around 500 people have lucky escape as portion of two-storey …
Around 500 workers, ship-owners and visitors of Swadeshi Market in Kalbadevi had a lucky escape as a portion of a two-storey chawl came crashing down on ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
Swadeshi Jagran Manch calls for ban on companies making …
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an RSS outfit, has also demanded that the government frame proper standards for "ready to eat" food and make provisions for ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch warns against full …
"Swadeshi Jagran Manch firmly believes that a free Capital Account will lead to export of domestic saving, which for a capital-scarce country like India, can ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
RSS Affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch Rejects Modi Government's …
New Delhi: The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, which is affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, has rejected the Narendra Modi government's Land ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
Prahlad Kakkar says Maggi controversy a prelude to desi vs …
RAIPUR: With Yoga Guru Ramdev announcing plans to introduce the "swadeshi' version of instant noodles by his indigenous company, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd., ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
Land law: RSS affiliates up in arms against Modi government
Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an RSS outfit, has also demanded that change of ... The Manch said, “Swadeshi Jagran Manch demands from the government that ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
MNCs doing unethical business, disrespecting laws: Swadeshi …
"Swadesh Jagran Manch demands that strict safety norms and standards be fixed for all foreign companies in the business of food products and drinks. «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»
RSS body writes to PM, scrap FDI in multi-brand retail
RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch(SJM) today expressed its strong disapproval of BJP's decision to retain UPA's FDI policy in multi-brand retail and ... «India Today, May 15»
RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch holds protest against BJP's …
The protests by Swadeshi Jagaran Manch(SJM) came at a time when opposition parties have united against the contentious Land Bill even as the organisation ... «Firstpost, May 15»
