The Paradoxical India

This volume is a collection of essays that capture vividly various dimensions of the complex and vast Indian cultural and literary traditions. From the large number of languages, to the exotic literary creations in mainstream languages, the myths, the tribal literature, the social function of translation in multilingual & multicultural societies, planetary precarity, and soft power, this volume amply illustrates the richness of Indian literature and culture and highlights the advancements of contemporary India. This book is a must for those readers who wish to understand India from literary, multilingual and composite culture perspectives, and also for those who wish to experience what life in multicultural societies is like. This book will take the readers on a journey through the ancient and rich cultural landscape of India, through all its contradictions, paradoxes, rich philosophies, religions and humanistic nature of the schools.