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The Empty Center and the International Style – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a talk I gave in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Asian Studies Development Programs’ 9th Annual National Conference in 2003.  It deals with the efforts of “Third World” writers to develop a “national culture.”  READ PART … Continue reading

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The Saint and the Sage: The Fiction of Raja Rao – Part 1

This essay originally appeared in The Virginia Quarterly.  It  focuses on Raja Rao’s three major novels (Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, and The Cat and Shakespeare), arguing that they parallel the three stages of Vedic enlightenment—myth, philosophy, and perception—and … Continue reading

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The Saint and the Sage: The Fiction of Raja Rao – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a long essay that originally appeared in The Virginia Quarterly.  (Read Part 1.)  It  focuses on Raja Rao, one of India’s greatest writers, arguing that his three major novels (Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, … Continue reading

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