Earlier versions of this essay were presented at the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, University of Oxford, on 26 May 2011 and at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, on 16 April 2013. I thank audiences at both places and also Susie Tharu for her intellectual support.
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