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  • Veeresalingam, Education, and Telugu Public Life

    Veeresalingam, Education, and Telugu Public Life

    Kandukuri Veeresalingam brought reform arguments into Telugu writing and public life. His work connects debates about women’s education and widow remarriage with the newspapers and literary forms through which readers encountered them.

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  • Rammohun Roy and the Work of Public Debate

    Rammohun Roy and the Work of Public Debate

    Rammohun Roy’s reform work moved through pamphlets, newspapers, petitions, and a new religious association. Following those forms of public argument gives a fuller picture than treating reform as one person’s achievement.

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