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Copyright Penguin PublishersBridging Tradition and Modernity | The use of Harikatha in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura
Dhruba Basu
Tradition and modernity are often seen as uneasy bedfellows. The former invokes the gravitas of what has been established and accepted; the latter evokes the excitement of the new, the different, the better. This age-old dichotomy has been a central theme of much
