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Der Subkontinent als „Körper“

Landkarten und Muttergottheiten im modernen Indien

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Auf den Spuren des Körpers in einer technogenen Welt

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Warum verlangt die Nation nach einer kartografischen Form und wohin führt dieses Verlangen im kolonialen und postkolonialen Indien? In diesem Aufsatz möchte ich meine Antwort auf diese Frage mit der Betrachtung zweier Momente beginnen — der eine ist biografisch, der andere stammt aus einem Roman. Zunächst die reale Erinnerung von K.M. Munshi (1887–1971), einem Anwalt, Literaten und Politiker aus dem Westen Indiens. Als junger Patriot traf Munshi um 1905 den Hindu-Nationalisten Aurobindo Ghosh (1872–1950) und fragte ihn: „Wie wird man patriotisch?“ Mit entwaffnendem Lächeln wies Aurobindo auf eine Wandkarte von Indien und sagte: „Siehst du diese Karte? Das ist keine Landkarte, es ist ein Portrait von Bharat Mata [Mutter Indien]: Die Städte und Berge, Flüsse und Urwälder bilden ihren physischen Körper. Alle ihre Kinder sind ihre großen und kleinen Nerven. ... Denke an Bharat [Indien] wie an eine lebende Mutter und bete sie mit neunfacher bhakti [Verehrung] an.“1 Ein Jahrzehnt später nahm Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Indiens erster Nobelpreisträger für Literatur, eine ähnliche Empfindung in seinen 1915/16 geschriebenen bengalischen Roman Ghare Bhaire (Das Heim und die Welt) auf. In einem entscheidenden Moment der Handlung wendet sich Sandip, eine der männlichen Romanfiguren, an die Heldin der Erzählung, Bimala und erklärt voller Leidenschaft: „Habe ich dir nicht gesagt, dass ich in dir die Shakti [Kraft] unseres Landes vor mir sehe? Die Geografie ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit. Niemand gibt sein Leben für eine Landkarte hin! Wenn ich dich vor mir sehe, erkenne ich, wie lieblich mein Land ist.“2

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Ramaswamy, S. (2002). Der Subkontinent als „Körper“. In: Duden, B., Noeres, D. (eds) Auf den Spuren des Körpers in einer technogenen Welt. Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Frauenuniversität »Technik und Kultur«, vol 4. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-99667-1_3

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