The fall issue of World Policy Journal, titled "History's Ghosts", is just out.
The issue published by Duke University Press journals, is now live online, and here is a direct link to my article in it, titled "The Return of Sanskrit".
The Return of Sanskrit
How an Old Language Got Caught up in India’s New Culture Wars
Indian scholar Ananya Vajpeyi examines the way the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is using Sanskrit to advance a Hindu supremacist agenda. She argues that academics need to step out of the ivory tower and resist the government’s manipulation of this ancient language.
