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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:04:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pallavi Rastogi <prastogi-AT-emerald.tufts.edu>
Subject: Re: Enlish in India


Dear Priti,
I would recommend  Svati Joshi's *Rethinking English: Essays in
Literature, Language, and History*. It has great essays by Aijaz Ahmad,
Kumkum Sangari, Harish Trivedi, Urvashi Butalia, and Tejasvini Niranjana.
Also Braj Kachru's *The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures*
Pallavi
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Priti Joshi wrote:

> For a paper on the History of the English language (which I don't teach), a
> student recently asked me for "books or articles on the introduction of the
> English language into India and maybe its history since then (depending on
> how long the paper gets)...."
>
> I can think of some of the obvious suspects, but thought I'd call on the
> collective wisdom of the group.  If this isn't considered of interest to
> all, please reply privately.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Priti.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   Priti Joshi
>   English & Women's Studies
>   University of Puget Sound
>   1500 North Warner St.
>   Tacoma, WA 98416
>   Ph: (253) 879-3286
>   Fax: (253) 879-3500
>   email: pjoshi-AT-ups.edu
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>




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