India's Culture: The State, the Arts and Beyond
India's Culture: The State, the Arts and Beyond
by B.P. Singh
Rating
Year
1998
ISBN No.
9780195641479
No.of pages
230
Subject
Knowledge and Society, Social Science
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This long essay by the Secretary, Department of Culture in the Government of India looks at the relationship of the Indian state with art and culture within the country, both histroically as wellas in contemporary times. It suggests that the government has followed a firly consistent policy vis-a-vis sponsorship and patronage of art and culture since the time of Nehru and Maulana Azad (some of whose correspondence in this subject is also included for the first time).
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