'A Nation Set in Stone': Insight into the Politics of Statuary in Delhi (1950-65)

How was the narrative of the modern nation state being instituted in the city space of Delhi in the first two decades of Independence? A study of the Lok Sabha debates of that period helps in understanding the ways in which the city's space was being imagined to portray the "nation"....

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Published inEconomic and political weekly Vol. 47; no. 30; pp. 232 - 238
Main Author PATI, SUSHMITA
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sameeksha Trust 28.07.2012
Subjects
Cities
Countries
Government
Nation states
Nationalism
Parliamentarism
Parliamentary system
Parliaments
Political debate
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Summary:How was the narrative of the modern nation state being instituted in the city space of Delhi in the first two decades of Independence? A study of the Lok Sabha debates of that period helps in understanding the ways in which the city's space was being imagined to portray the "nation". The sense of a new visual order was gradually being imposed on the old colonial one by changing the insignia around the same object without fundamentally altering the structure. Indeed, the transformations were somewhat chaotic and pulled in several directions at the same time. This paper attempts to trace these confusions and contradictions in the initial years of Independence.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846