资源描述：
《Nandy - A Report on the Present State of Health of the Gods and Goddesses in South Asia》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、PostcolonialStudies,Vol.4,No.2,pp125–141,2001Areportonthepresentstateofhealthofthegodsandgoddessesin1SouthAsiaASHISNANDYGreatPanisnotdead;hesimplyemigratedtoIndia.Here,thegodsroamfreely,disguisedassnakesormonkeys.…Itisasintoshoveabookasidewithyourfoot,Asintoslam
2、booksdownhardonatable,…YoumustlearnhowtoturnthepagesgentlyWithoutdisturbingSarasvati,WithoutoffendingthetreeFromwhosewoodthepaperwasmade.SujataBhatt,ADifferentHistory(1993)Someyearsago,inthecityofBombay,ayoungMuslimplaywrightwroteandstagedaplaythathadgods—Hindug
3、odsandgoddesses—asmajorcharacters.SuchplaysarenotuncommoninIndia;somewouldsaythattheyarealltoocommon.Thisonealsoincludedgodsandgoddesseswhowereheroic,grand,schemingandcomical.Thisprovokednottheaudience,buttheHindunational-ists,particularlytheHinduMahasabha,forlo
4、ngaspentpoliticalforceinBombay,thecitybeingdominatedbyamorepowerfulHindunationalistformation,theShivSena.Itisdoubtfulifthosewhoclaimedtheyhadbeenprovokedwerereallyprovoked.Itismorelikelythattheypretendedtobeoffendedandprecipitatedanincidenttomaketheirpoliticalpr
5、esencefelt.Afterall,suchplayshavebeenwritteninIndiasincetimeimmemorial.VikramSavarkaroftheHinduMahasabha—agrandsonofVinayakDamodarSavarkar(1883–1966),thenon-believingfatherofHindunationalismwhothoughtfullygiftedSouthAsiatheconceptofHindutva—organizedademonstrati
6、oninfrontofthetheatrewheretheplaywasbeingstaged.Thedemonstratorscaughtholdoftheplaywrightandthreatenedtolynchhim.Ultimately,theyforcedthewritertobowdownandtouchSavarkar’sfeet,toapologizeforwritingtheplay.TheISSN1368-8790print/ISSN1466-1888online/01/020125–17Ó200
7、1TheInstituteofPostcolonialStudiesDOI:10.1080/13688790120077470ASHISNANDYhumiliationoftheyoungplaywrightwascomplete;itwasdulyphotographedandpublishedinnewspapersandnewsmagazines.ThoughSavarkarlaterclaimedthatHinduismhadwon,forhehadnotallowedaMuslimtodowhatMuslim
8、shadnotallowedHindustodowithIslam’ssymbolsofthesacred,atleastsomeHindusfeltthatonthatdayHindutvamighthavewon,butHinduismhadlost.Ithadlostbecauseatraditionatleastfteen
