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{{Short description|Indian literary critic (born 1950)}}
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| birth_place   = [[Bhor]], [[Pune]], [[Bombay State]] (Now in [[Maharashtra]])
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| occupation   = Critic, thinker, editor, educator, cultural activist  
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* [[Padmashri]] 2014
* [[Padma Shri]] (2014)
* [[Linguapax Prize]] 2011
* [[Linguapax Prize]] (2011)
* [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] 2003
* [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] (2003)
* [[SAARC Literary Award]] 2001
* [[SAARC Literary Award]] (2001)
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English|Sahitya Akademi Award]] 1993
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English|Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1993)
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'''Ganesh N. Devy''' (born 1 August 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> is an Indian literary critic and former professor. He is known for the ''People's Linguistic Survey of India'' and the Adivasi Academy created by him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/literature/gn-devy-challenges-concept-knowledge|title=How GN Devy challenges our concept of knowledge|last=Kaushik|first=Martand|date=1 July 2018|website=The Caravan|language=en|url-access=subscription|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> He is credited to start the Bhaashaa research and Publication Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baroda.com/bhasharesearch&publicationcentre.php|title=Baroda NGO - Bhasha Research and Publication Centre|website=www.baroda.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He writes in three languages—Marathi, Gujarati and English. His first full length book in English ''After Amnesia'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfVjAAAAMAAJ|title=After Amnesia|date=1992-01-01|isbn=9780863112676|last1=Devy|first1=G. N.}}</ref> He has written and edited close to ninety  books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Centre Cannot Hold : How G. N. Devy Challenges Our Concept of Knowledge|url=https://vikalpsangam.org/article/the-centre-cannot-hold-how-gn-devy-challenges-our-concept-of-knowledge/|url-status=live|access-date=26 February 2021|website=vikalpsangam.org|publisher=vikalpsangam.org}}</ref>
'''Ganesh Narayandas Devy''' (born 1 August 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |website=Sahitya Akademi|access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> is an Indian cultural activist, literary critic and former professor of English. He is known for the ''[[People's Linguistic Survey of India]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rana |first1=Ratika |title=Settling The Language Debate: Here's How Hindi Is Far From Becoming India's National Language |url=https://thelogicalindian.com/trending/national-language-hindi-35258 |work=thelogicalindian.com |date=28 April 2022 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the Adivasi Academy created by him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/literature/gn-devy-challenges-concept-knowledge|title=How GN Devy challenges our concept of knowledge|last=Kaushik|first=Martand|date=1 July 2018|website=The Caravan|language=en|url-access=subscription|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> He is credited with starting the Bhaashaa research and Publication Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baroda.com/bhasharesearch&publicationcentre.php|title=Baroda NGO - Bhasha Research and Publication Centre|website=www.baroda.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He writes in three languages—Marathi, Gujarati and English. His first full-length book in English is ''After Amnesia'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfVjAAAAMAAJ|title=After Amnesia|date=1992-01-01|isbn=9780863112676|last1=Devy|first1=G. N.|publisher=Orient Longman }}</ref> He has written and edited close to ninety  books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Centre Cannot Hold : How G. N. Devy Challenges Our Concept of Knowledge|url=https://vikalpsangam.org/article/the-centre-cannot-hold-how-gn-devy-challenges-our-concept-of-knowledge/|access-date=26 February 2021|website=vikalpsangam.org|date=23 July 2018}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
G. N. Devy was educated at [[Shivaji University]], [[Kolhapur]] and the [[University of Leeds]], [[UK]]. Among his many academic assignments, he held fellowships at [[Leeds University]] and [[Yale University]] and has been THB Symons Fellow (1991–92) and [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow]] (1994–96). He was a Professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda from 1980 to 96. In 1996, he gave up his academic career in order to initiate work with the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) and Adivasis. During this work, he created the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre at Baroda, the Adivasis Academy at Tejgadh, the DNT-Rights Action Group and several other initiatives. Later he initiated the largest-ever survey of languages in history, carried out with the help of nearly 3000 volunteers and published in 50 multilingual volumes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41718082|title=The man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/getting-the-language-count-right/article24454570.ece|title=Getting the language count right}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/28/gn-devys-lifes-work-is-the-best-reply-to-those-rallying-for-on_a_23003511/|title=Scholar GN Devy's Life's Work Is The Best Reply To Those Rallying For One National Language}}</ref>
G. N. Devy was educated at [[Shivaji University]], [[Kolhapur]] and the [[University of Leeds]], [[UK]]. Among his many academic assignments, he held fellowships at [[Leeds University]] and [[Yale University]] and has been THB Symons Fellow (1991–92) and [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow]] (1994–96). He was a Professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda from 1980 to 96. In 1996, he gave up his academic career in order to initiate work with the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) and Adivasis. During this work, he created the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre at Baroda, the Adivasis Academy at Tejgadh, the DNT-Rights Action Group and several other initiatives. Later he initiated the largest-ever survey of languages in history, carried out with the help of nearly 3000 volunteers and published in 50 multilingual volumes. Devy has continued to combine his academic work with his work for the marginalised communities and cultures. After creating the Adivasi Academy, Devy worked as Professor of Humanities at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Technology (2003-2014), Gandhinagar,  Honorary Professor at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad( 2015-18), Obaid Siddiqi Chair Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences—TIFR, Bangalore (2022-23) and is currently Professor of Eminence and Director, school of Civilisation at the Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Bombay.   


== Dakshinayan ==
== Dakshinayan ==
In response to the growing intolerance and murders of several intellectuals in India, he launched the Dakshinayan (Southward) movement of artists, writers, and intellectuals. In order to lead this movement and to initiate his work on mapping the world's linguistic diversity, he moved to [[Dharwad]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-ganesh-devy-the-man-who-is-out-to-map-the-worlds-linguistic-diversity/articleshow/53025448.cms?from=mdr|title=Meet Ganesh Devy, the man who is out to map the world's linguistic diversity}}</ref> Devy returned his [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in October 2015 as a mark of protest and in solidarity with other writers<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/sahitya-akademi-gn-devy-nayantara-sahgal-ashok-vajpeyi-mm-kalburgi-freedom-of-speech/story/1/6723.html|title=GN Devy on why he's returning his Sahitya Akademi award}}</ref> sensing a threat to Indian democracy, secularism and freedom of expression and "growing intolerance towards differences of opinion" under the [[Modi government|right-wing government]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/gujarat-cops-knock-at-writer-ganesh-devys-doors-after-he-returns-sahitya-akademi-award_1810418.html|title=Gujarat cops knock at writer Ganesh Devy's doors after he returns Sahitya Akademi Award}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Now, Ganesh Devy returns his Sahitya Akademi award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-Ganesh-Devy-returns-his-Sahitya-Akademi-award/articleshow/49313263.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>  The Dakshinayan movement follows the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. The movement has spread to several states in India such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttara Khand, Punjab and Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ganesh Devy: Diminishing understanding between societies… I am trying to bridge divide |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/ganesh-devy-diminishing-understanding-between-societies-i-am-trying-to-bridge-divide/ |website=indianexpress.com |publisher=indianexpress.com |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
In response to the growing intolerance and murders of several intellectuals in India, he launched the Dakshinayan (Southward) movement of artists, writers, and intellectuals. In order to lead this movement, he moved to [[Dharwad]] in 2016. The Dakshinayan movement follows the ideas of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar|Babasaheb Ambedkar]].  


==Awards==
==Awards==
G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and [[nomadic tribes]] and endangered languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-22|title=Print Release|date=2014-02-22|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1993) for ''After Amnesia'', and the [[SAARC]] Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book ''Vanaprasth'' received eight awards including the [[Durga Bhagwat]] Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with [[Laxman Gaikwad]] and [[Mahashweta Devi]], he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 [[Linguapax Prize]] for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Devy-gets-Linguapax-Award/articleshow/8753590.cms|title=Devy gets Linguapax Award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>
G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and [[nomadic tribes]] and endangered languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-22|title=Print Release|date=2014-02-22|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1993) for ''After Amnesia'', and the [[SAARC]] Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book ''Vanaprasth'' received eight awards including the [[Durga Bhagwat]] Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with [[Laxman Gaikwad]] and [[Mahashweta Devi]], he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 [[Linguapax Prize]] for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Devy-gets-Linguapax-Award/articleshow/8753590.cms|title=Devy gets Linguapax Award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=7 June 2011 |access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
* ''Critical Thought'' (1987)
* ''Critical Thought'' (1987)
* ''After Amnesia'' (1992)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: THE CASE FOR NATIVISM |journal=Indian Literature |volume=36 |issue=4 (156) |pages=188–191 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=44295534 |last1=Rayan |first1=Krishna |year=1993 }}</ref>
* ''After Amnesia'' (1992)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: THE CASE FOR NATIVISM |journal=Indian Literature |volume=36 |issue=4 (156) |pages=188–191 |jstor=44295534 |last1=Rayan |first1=Krishna |year=1993 }}</ref>
* ''Of Many Heroes'' (1997)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Of Many Heroes : An Indian Essay in Literary Historiography by G.N. Devy |journal=Indian Literature |volume=46 |issue=1 (207) |pages=188–191 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=23344554 |last1=Mund |first1=Subhendu |year=2002 }}</ref>
* ''Of Many Heroes'' (1997)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Of Many Heroes : An Indian Essay in Literary Historiography by G.N. Devy |journal=Indian Literature |volume=46 |issue=1 (207) |pages=188–191 |jstor=23344554 |last1=Mund |first1=Subhendu |year=2002 }}</ref>
* ''India Between Tradition and Modernity'' (co-edited, 1997)
* ''India Between Tradition and Modernity'' (co-edited, 1997)
* ''In Another Tongue'' (2000)
* ''In Another Tongue'' (1992)
* ''Indian Literary Criticism: Theory & Interpretation'' (2002).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation by G. N. Devy |journal=World Literature Today |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=95–96 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=40157830 |last1=Perry |first1=John Oliver |last2=Devy |first2=G. N. |year=2003 |doi=10.2307/40157830 }}</ref>
* ''Indian Literary Criticism: Theory & Interpretation'' (2002).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation by G. N. Devy |journal=World Literature Today |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=95–96 |jstor=40157830 |last1=Perry |first1=John Oliver |last2=Devy |first2=G. N. |year=2003 |doi=10.2307/40157830 }}</ref>
* ''Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature'' (editor, 2002).
* ''Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature'' (editor, 2002).
* ''A Nomad Called Thief'' (2006)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: Redeeming the Silence |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=41 |issue=42 |pages=4437–4438 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=4418832 |last1=Heredia |first1=Rudolf C. |year=2006 }}</ref>
* ''A Nomad Called Thief'' (2006)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: Redeeming the Silence |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=41 |issue=42 |pages=4437–4438 |jstor=4418832 |last1=Heredia |first1=Rudolf C. |year=2006 }}</ref>
* ''Keywords: Truth'' (contributor, date unknown)
* ''Keywords: Truth'' (contributor, date unknown)
* ''Vaanprastha'' (in Marathi, date unknown)
* ''Vaanprastha'' (in Marathi, date unknown)
* ''Adivasi Jane Che'' ( ''Tribal People Knows'', in Gujarati, date unknown).
* ''Adivasi Jane Che'' ( ''Tribal People Knows'', in Gujarati, date unknown).
* ''The G. N. Devy Reader'' (2009)
* ''The G. N. Devy Reader'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devy |first=G. N. |title=The G N Devy Reader |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2009 |isbn=9788125036937}}</ref>
*''The Being of Bhasha (2014)''
*''The Being of Bhasha (2014)''
*''Samvad ( in Gujarati, 2016)''
*''Samvad ( in Gujarati, 2016)''
*''The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India (2017)''
*''The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India (2017)''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devy |first=G. N. |title=The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India |publisher=Aleph Book Company |year=2017 |isbn=9789383064106}}</ref>
*''Trijyaa (in Marathi, 2018)''
*''Trijyaa (in Marathi, 2018)''
*''The question of Silence (2019)''
*''The question of Silence (2019)''
*''Countering Violence (2019)''
*''Countering Violence (2019)''
*''Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion (co-edited; 2022)'' <ref>{{Cite book |title=Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion |publisher=Penguin Random House |year=2022 |isbn=9780670093007}}</ref>
*''Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation (2022)''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devy |first=G. N. |title=Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation |publisher=RUPA |year=2022 |isbn=9789390652907}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
 
{{Portal|Biography|India}}
*[[Indian literature]]
*[[Indian literature]]
*[[Indian English Literature]]
*[[Indian English Literature]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://leeds.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&l=en&q=G.%20N.%20Devy Archival Material at Leeds Library : G. N. Devy]
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=G.+N.+Devyy Books at Google Books : G. N. Devy]
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}
*{{YouTube|vc76V7rXDqg|Devy talks about life and death of languages on TED}}
* {{YouTube|vc76V7rXDqg|Devy talks about life and death of languages on TED}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402093026/http://tumblr.m0hit.name/post/560674719/i-am-going-to-speak-something-which-of-very Transcription of Devy's TED talk about life and death of languages]


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Padma Shri

Ganesh Narayandas Devy
Devy in 2025
Devy in 2025
Born (1950-08-01) 1 August 1950 (age 76)
Bhor, Pune District,
Bombay State (now Maharashtra), India
OccupationCritic, thinker, editor, educator, cultural activist
NationalityIndian
GenreLiterary Criticism
Notable awards

Ganesh Narayandas Devy (born 1 August 1950)[1] is an Indian cultural activist, literary critic and former professor of English. He is known for the People's Linguistic Survey of India[2] and the Adivasi Academy created by him.[3] He is credited with starting the Bhaashaa research and Publication Centre.[4] He writes in three languages—Marathi, Gujarati and English. His first full-length book in English is After Amnesia (1992).[5] He has written and edited close to ninety books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy.[6]

Biography[edit | edit source]

G. N. Devy was educated at Shivaji University, Kolhapur and the University of Leeds, UK. Among his many academic assignments, he held fellowships at Leeds University and Yale University and has been THB Symons Fellow (1991–92) and Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow (1994–96). He was a Professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda from 1980 to 96. In 1996, he gave up his academic career in order to initiate work with the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) and Adivasis. During this work, he created the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre at Baroda, the Adivasis Academy at Tejgadh, the DNT-Rights Action Group and several other initiatives. Later he initiated the largest-ever survey of languages in history, carried out with the help of nearly 3000 volunteers and published in 50 multilingual volumes. Devy has continued to combine his academic work with his work for the marginalised communities and cultures. After creating the Adivasi Academy, Devy worked as Professor of Humanities at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Technology (2003-2014), Gandhinagar,  Honorary Professor at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad( 2015-18), Obaid Siddiqi Chair Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences—TIFR, Bangalore (2022-23) and is currently Professor of Eminence and Director, school of Civilisation at the Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Bombay.   

Dakshinayan[edit | edit source]

In response to the growing intolerance and murders of several intellectuals in India, he launched the Dakshinayan (Southward) movement of artists, writers, and intellectuals. In order to lead this movement, he moved to Dharwad in 2016. The Dakshinayan movement follows the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Awards[edit | edit source]

G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded Padma Shri on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and nomadic tribes and endangered languages.[7] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (1993) for After Amnesia, and the SAARC Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed Prince Claus Award (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book Vanaprasth received eight awards including the Durga Bhagwat Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with Laxman Gaikwad and Mahashweta Devi, he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 Linguapax Prize for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity.[8]

Works[edit | edit source]

  • Critical Thought (1987)
  • After Amnesia (1992)[9]
  • Of Many Heroes (1997)[10]
  • India Between Tradition and Modernity (co-edited, 1997)
  • In Another Tongue (1992)
  • Indian Literary Criticism: Theory & Interpretation (2002).[11]
  • Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature (editor, 2002).
  • A Nomad Called Thief (2006)[12]
  • Keywords: Truth (contributor, date unknown)
  • Vaanprastha (in Marathi, date unknown)
  • Adivasi Jane Che ( Tribal People Knows, in Gujarati, date unknown).
  • The G. N. Devy Reader (2009)[13]
  • The Being of Bhasha (2014)
  • Samvad ( in Gujarati, 2016)
  • The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India (2017)[14]
  • Trijyaa (in Marathi, 2018)
  • The question of Silence (2019)
  • Countering Violence (2019)
  • Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion (co-edited; 2022) [15]
  • Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation (2022)[16]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Rana, Ratika (28 April 2022). "Settling The Language Debate: Here's How Hindi Is Far From Becoming India's National Language". thelogicalindian.com.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Kaushik, Martand (1 July 2018). "How GN Devy challenges our concept of knowledge". The Caravan. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Baroda NGO - Bhasha Research and Publication Centre". www.baroda.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Devy, G. N. (1 January 1992). After Amnesia. Orient Longman. ISBN 9780863112676.
  6. ↑ "The Centre Cannot Hold : How G. N. Devy Challenges Our Concept of Knowledge". vikalpsangam.org. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Print Release". 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Devy gets Linguapax Award - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Rayan, Krishna (1993). "Review: THE CASE FOR NATIVISM". Indian Literature. 36 (4 (156)): 188–191. JSTOR 44295534.
  10. ↑ Mund, Subhendu (2002). "Reviewed Work: Of Many Heroes : An Indian Essay in Literary Historiography by G.N. Devy". Indian Literature. 46 (1 (207)): 188–191. JSTOR 23344554.
  11. ↑ Perry, John Oliver; Devy, G. N. (2003). "Reviewed Work: Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation by G. N. Devy". World Literature Today. 77 (1): 95–96. doi:10.2307/40157830. JSTOR 40157830.
  12. ↑ Heredia, Rudolf C. (2006). "Review: Redeeming the Silence". Economic and Political Weekly. 41 (42): 4437–4438. JSTOR 4418832.
  13. ↑ Devy, G. N. (2009). The G N Devy Reader. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 9788125036937.
  14. ↑ Devy, G. N. (2017). The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India. Aleph Book Company. ISBN 9789383064106.
  15. ↑ Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion. Penguin Random House. 2022. ISBN 9780670093007.
  16. ↑ Devy, G. N. (2022). Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation. RUPA. ISBN 9789390652907.

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