Nationalism And Imperialism In South And Southeast Asia Arnold P Kaminsky by Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long 9781138234833, 1138234834 instant download after payment.

This volume is dedicated to and is a festschrift for Damodar Ramaji
SarDesai (b. 1931) with whom all the contributors of this volume studied,
or worked with in one capacity or another, in the Department of History
at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Professor SarDesai's
own alma mater as well. He is one of those professors who was much more
than a teacher as his office door was always open and he was always
willing to stop his own work to greet students and colleagues with a
welcoming smile, often a quip, and to offer his support and guidance and
to share his considerable erudition. His delightful sense of humour, always
bubbling to the surface, made any discussion a welcome and pleasant one,
but what made any talk with him so rewarding, stimulating, and enjoyable
is his exceptionally keen intelligence and his wide knowledge and deep
reading. He can carry on a conversation on almost any subject offering
insights and knowledge, yet, with an inquisitive mind, he is, like a true
intellectual, always listening and willing to learn from others, young or
old. With his wide experience of life in India, the United States, and
England and his travels the world over, he is a cosmopolitan person as
well, with a wide experience and a mind to match.
Professor SarDesai was born in Portuguese-controlled Goa. To his
friends and family, he is known as Bala, short for Balaji, after the famed
deity at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple; Venkateswara is an
incarnation of the god Vishnu and one of Venkataswara’s homonyms is
Balaji. Located at the hill town of Tirumala near Tirupati in Andhra
Pradesh, it is one of the world’s most visited pilgrimage sites. SarDesai’s
family is a prominent landowning and politically active family and
historically has been involved in the government in Goa. A
Konkanispeaker, he is also highly proficient in Sanskrit, Portuguese,
French, Hindi and Marathi, as well as English. He was raised on the island
of Cumbharjua and received his early education from a tutor
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