Well-known
Marxist scholar, the late Amalendu Guha, had argued
persuasively that in modern India there co-existed
in the minds of the people a dual national consciousness:
a local, regional-linguistic nationality consciousness,
of being a Bengali, or a Tamil, or a Gujarati or an
Odiya; and also simultaneously an overarching pan-Indian
consciousness.
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This article was originally published in the Peoples
Democracy on
February 2, 2024.
