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  1. Poddar,
    Samaj Sudhar
    , 1928, pp. 30–31.
  2. Hanuman Prasad Poddar,
    Purna Samarpan
    , Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 1953, pp. 250–64.
  3. M.K. Gandhi interview to Margaret Sanger, 3–4 December 1935,
    Collecte
    d Works of Mahatma Gandhi
    , Vol. 68, pp. 190–91.
  4. Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Birth-Control’,
    Harijan
    , 14 March 1936.
    Collected
    Work
    s of Mahatma Gandhi
    , Vol. 68, pp. 296–98.
  5. Poddar, ‘
    Vartaman Shiksha
    ’,
    Kalyan
    , April 1936, pp. 1289–1300; and an expanded version published as a separate monograph in 1936 by Gita Press, Gorakhpur, pp. 21–22.
  6. Mahatma Gandhi, ‘
    Santat
    i Ya Parivar Niyojan Par Mahatma Gandhi Ke
    Vichar
    ’ (Mahatma Gandhi’s Thoughts on Raising a Family vs Family Planning),
    Navjivan
    , 12 March 1925, as quoted in
    Kalyan
    , August 1969, p. 1107.
  7. Collecte
    d Works of Mahatma Gandhi
    , Vol. 17, p. 54, cited in J.T.F. Jordens,
    Gandhi’s Religion: A Homespun Shawl
    , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012, p. 209.
  8. Ibid., Vol. 23, Publications Division, p. 102, cited in Jordens, 2012.
  9. Ibid., Vol. 29, p. 415.
  10. Ibid., Vol. 30, p. 235–36.
  11. Vinoba Bhave, ‘
    Parivar Niyojan Aur Bharatiya Sanskriti
    ’ (Family Planning and Indian Culture),
    Kalyan
    , June 1997, pp. 516–17 (original year of publication not known).
  12. Mitra, ‘
    Nari: Paschatya Aur Hindu Samaj Mein
    ’,
    Kalyan
    , August 1948, pp. 1235–41.
  13. Dr K.C. Mishra, ‘
    Pariva
    r Niyojan Par Ek Adhyatmik Drishtikon
    ’ (A Spiritual View on Family Planning),
    Kalyan
    , December 1967, pp. 1389–91.
  14. Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery,
    Confronting Saffron Demography
    , Three Essays Collective, New Delhi, 2006, p. 1.
  15. Chandrima Chakraborty,
    Masculinity, Asceticism, Hinduism
    , Permanent Black, Ranikhet, 2011, p. 181.
  16. Charu Gupta, ‘Politics of Gender: Women in Nazi Germany’,
    Economic and
    Politica
    l Weekly
    , Vol. 26, No. 17, 27 April 1991, pp. WS40– WS48.
  17. Census of India, 1911, Vol. XV, Part I, Allahabad, 1912, pp. 109– 10, cited in Gupta,
    Sexuality, Obscenity, Community
    , 2001, pp. 307– 08.
  18. Census of India, 1921, UP, p. 53 cited in Gupta, 2001, p. 308.
  19. Jeffery and Jeffery, 2006, p. 2.
  20. Hanuman Prasad Poddar, ‘
    Pariva
    r Niyojan Hanikarak Hai
    ’ (Family Planning is Harmful), in ‘
    Kaam Ke Patra
    ’,
    Kalyan
    , August 1968, pp. 1140–41.
  21. Vir Bharat Talwar, ‘Feminist Consciousness in Women’s Journals in Hindi, 1910–20’, in Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaid (eds), 2010, p. 205.
  22. Ibid., p. 207.
  23. Francesca Orsini,
    The Hindi Public Sphere, 1920
    –
    1940: Language and
    Literatur
    e in the Age of Nationalism
    , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2002, pp. 264–65.
  24. Ibid., p. 262.
  25. Talwar, 2010, p. 208.
  26. The details about
    Chand
    provided here are sourced from Orsini, 2002, pp. 266–74.
  27. Ibid., pp. 245, 260, 269.
  28. Shobna Nijhawan,
    Women and Girls in the Hindi Public Sphere
    , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012, pp. 13, 18.
  29. Ibid., p. 4.
  30. Susie Tharu and K. Lalita (eds),
    Women Writing in India
    , Vol. I, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1993, p. 14.
  31. Ibid., pp. 419–20.
  32. Ibid., p. 459.
  33. Information on Subbalakshmi sourced from Forbes, 1996, pp. 57– 60.
  34. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, ‘
    Adhunikta: Saar Aur Asaar
    ’ (Modernity: Its Essence and Non-Essence)
    Kalyan
    , December 1965, pp. 1367–70 (first published in
    Navbharat Times
    , Bombay, 23 April 1965).
  35. This and following quotes are from Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, ‘Heart of a Gopi: Raihana Tyabji’s Bhakti Devotionalism as Self-Representation,’ Loughborough University, 2011 (published in
    Modern Asian Studies
    , Vol. 48, No. 3, May 2014, pp. 569–95).
  36. Anasuya Devi to Poddar, address and date not given but probably January–February 1970. Poddar Papers.
  37. Poddar to Swaran Singh, 20 February 1970. Poddar Papers.
  38. Ritu Sinha, ‘Hindi and Hindu Nationalism: A Sociological Study of Contemporary Trends in Hindi Literary Sphere’, doctoral thesis in submission, JNU, Delhi.
  39. Krishna Kumar,
    Political Agenda of Education
    , Sage, Delhi, 2005, p. 16.
  40. Sinha, ‘Hindi and Hindu Nationalism’.
  41. N.C. Chatterjee, ‘
    Hindu Jati Aur Bharat Ka Bhavishya
    ’ (The Future of the Hindus and India),
    Kalyan
    ,
    Balak Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 37– 38.
  42. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, ‘
    Abhyudaya Aur Nihshreyas Tatha Unki
    Prapt
    i Ke Upaye
    ’ (How to Achieve Progress and Freedom from Rebirth),
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 285–90.
  43. N.B. Khare, ‘
    Dharmik Siddhanton Ko Jagane Ki Avashyakta
    ’ (Need to Invoke Tenets of Religion),
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, p. 36.
  44. ‘
    Gand
    e Sahitya Se Balakon Ke Jivan Par Kuprabhav
    ’ (Adverse Impact of Obscene Literature on Children),
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 331–33.
  45. ‘
    Vartama
    n Kuchh Patra-Patrikaon Ki Anaitik Pravritti Aur Balakon
    K
    o Usse Bachane Ki Avashyakta
    ’ (Immoral Tendencies of a Few Current Journals and the Need to Protect Boys from Them),
    Kalyan,
    Bala
    k Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 333–36.
  46. ‘
    Cinem
    a Sahitya Evam Cinema Abhinetriyon Ke Chitron Ke Prachar Se
    Balako
    n Ka Patan
    ’ (Moral Decline among Male Children Due to Cinema Literature and Photographs of Film Actresses),
    Kalyan, Balak
    An
    k
    , January 1953, pp. 337–39.
  47. Gurty Subramaniam, ‘
    Chalchitra Ke Sadupayog Se Bal Shiksha
    ’ (Educating the Male Child through Beneficial Use of Cinema),
    Kalyan,
    Bala
    k Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 339–41.
  48. Hanuman Prasad Poddar,
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, p. 341.
  49. Vishnu Hari Dalmia to I&B minister, 10 June 1957. Poddar Papers.
  50. V.H. Dalmia to Chimmanlal Gosvami, 15 October 1957. Poddar Papers.
  51. V.H. Dalmia to Chimmanlal Gosvami, 18 October 1957. Poddar Papers.
  52. Poddar to Satyanarayan Sinha, date not clear. Poddar Papers.
  53. ‘
    Bilasit
    a Ki Samagriyon Ke Prachar Se Yuvak Yuvtiyon Ke Dhan,
    Swasthy
    a Tatha Charitra Ka Nash
    ’ (Destruction of Money, Health and Character Due to Popularization of Cosmetic Products),
    Kalyan,
    Bala
    k Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 344–46.
  54. Banarsi Das Chaturvedi, ‘
    Bharatiya Bal Sahitya
    ’ (Children’s Literature in India),
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 388–92.
  55. Office of the Director of Public Instruction, Madhya Pradesh, circular dated 26 March 1953. Poddar Papers.
  56. Directorate of Education, PEPSU, Nabha, circular dated 29 July 1953. Poddar Papers.
  57. Circular of Education Directorate, Government of Saurashtra, 27 January 1953, and order of Education Section of Development and Social Services Department, Government of Vindhya Pradesh, 9 March 1953. Poddar Papers.
  58. Headmaster of Shri Krishna School to Poddar, 13 February 1935. Poddar Papers.
  59. President, Assam Sanskrit Board to Poddar, 29 October 1935. Poddar Papers.
  60. Sukhdeo Pandey to Poddar, 30 December 1957. Poddar Papers.
  61. Poddar to Pandey, 20 January 1958. Poddar Papers.
  62. Pandey to Poddar, 24 January 1958. Poddar Papers.
  63. Poddar to Pandey, 7 February 1958. Poddar Papers.
  64. Poddar to Pandey, 20 February 1958. Poddar Papers.
  65. Pandey to Poddar, 21 February 1958. Poddar Papers.
  66. Kedar Nath Singh to Poddar, 25 July 1970. Poddar Papers.
  67. Mahant Digvijaynath, ‘
    Rashtriy
    a Shiksha Niti
    ’ (National Educational Policy),
    Kalyan
    ,
    Shiksh
    a Ank
    , January 1988, pp. 97–98.
  68. Paripurnanand Varma, ‘
    Bharat Mein Prachin Shiksha Tatha Adhunik
    Shiksha
    ’ (Ancient and Modern Education in India),
    Kalyan, Shiksha Ank
    , January 1988, pp. 225–30.
  69. Ramchandra Shastri Vidyalankar, ‘
    Balako
    n Ko Shiksha
    ’ (Education of Boys),
    Kalyan, Shiksha Ank
    , January 1988, p. 401.
  70. Digvijaynath, ‘
    Rashtriy
    a Shiksha Niti
    ’,
    Shiksha Ank
    , January 1988.
  71. Rajiv Gandhi, ‘
    Rashtriy
    a Shiksha Niti
    ’ (National Education Policy) and Vedram Sharma, ‘
    10+2+3 Shiksha Pranali: Purani Aur Apoorn Yojna
    ’ (10+2+3 Education System: Old and Incomplete System),
    Kalyan,
    Shiksh
    a Ank
    , January 1988, pp. 347–53 and 375–78.
  72. Poddar,
    Samaj Sudhar
    , 1928, p. 5.
  73. Poddar, ‘
    Vartaman Shiksha
    ,’
    Kalyan
    , April 1936, pp. 1290–92, 1295, May, 1433–34.
  74. Jaswantrai Jaishankar Hathi, ‘
    Pariksha
    k Aur Pariksha
    ’ (Examiner and Examination),
    Kalyan, Balak Ank
    , January 1953, pp. 792–93.
  75. Poddar, ‘
    Vartaman Shiksha
    ,’
    Kalyan
    , May 1936, p. 1434.
  76. Poddar to Chaturvediji Maharaj, 28 September 1935. Poddar Papers.
  77. Hind
    i Bal Pothi
    ,
    Shishu Path
    , Vol. 1;
    Hindi Bal Pothi
    , Vol. 4, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 2011.
  78. Hanuman Prasad Poddar,
    Balak ke Acharan
    , Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 2010.
  79. Veronique Benei,
    Schooling India: Hindus, Muslims and the Forging of
    Citizens
    , Permanent Black, Ranikhet, 2009, pp. 1–2.
  80. Poddar, ‘
    Des
    h Ki Laaj
    ’ (Nation’s Honour), in
    BKA
    , 2010, pp. 5–8.
  81. Poddar, ‘
    Dharma Ka Palan
    ’ (Following Dharma), in
    BKA
    , pp. 9–10.
  82. Poddar, ‘
    Jat
    i Ki Maryada
    ’ (Sanctity of Religion/Caste), in
    BKA
    , pp. 11–12.
  83. Hind
    i Bal Pothi
    ,
    Shishu Path
    , Vol. II, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 2011, Introduction.
  84. Editorial,
    Kalyana-Kalpataru
    , October 2012, p. 10.
  85. Hanuman Prasad Poddar, ‘The Present Day Education’,
    Kalyana-
    Kalpatar
    u
    ,
    Shiksha Number
    , October 2012, pp. 51–58.
  86. Editorial,
    Kalyana-Kalpataru
    ,
    Shiksha Number
    , October 2012, pp. 9–12.
  87. Rules and Regulations of Shri Rishikul Brahmacharya Ashram, Churu,
    Kalya
    n
    , June 1969, back cover.
  88. http://gitapress.org/Vedic_school.htm.
    Accessed on 27 November 2013.

 

Epilogue
  1. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Vote Kisko Dein
    ’,
    Kalyan
    , April 2014, p. 29.
  2. Interview with Radheshyam Khemka, editor,
    Kalyan
    , in Banaras, February 2011.
  3. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Ayodhya Ki Ghatna: Samasya Aur Samadhan
    ’ (Incident in Ayodhya: Problem and Solution),
    Kalyan
    , February 1993, pp. 447–48.
  4. Editor, ‘
    Shr
    i Ram Janmabhoomi Ka Vivad
    ’ (The Controversy of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi),
    Kalyan
    , July 1992, pp. 647–48.
  5. Editorial comment, ‘
    Ayodhya Mein Bhagwan Shri Ram Ka Prakatya
    Hu
    a Tha
    ’ (Lord Rama Appeared in Ayodhya),
    Kalyan
    , September 1992, p. 768.
  6. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Shr
    i Ram Janmabhoomi
    ’,
    Kalyan
    , June 1990, pp. 602–04.
  7. http://sethusamudram.gov.in/What/What.htm.
    Accessed on 5 January 2013.
  8. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Setubandh Rameshwaram Ki Raksha Karen
    ’ (Protect Setu at Rameshwaram),
    Kalyan
    , March 2007, pp. 595–96.
  9. Ramchandra Mahendra, ‘
    Sama
    j Ke Liye Dharma Ka Mahatvapurna
    Yogda
    n
    ’ (Important Role of Religion in Society),
    Kalyan,
    September 1977, pp. 346–47.
  10. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Sikh Dharma Bharatiya Darshan Evam Hindu
    Sanskrit
    i Ka Abhinn Ang
    ’ (Sikh Religion Is an Integral Part of Indian Philosophy and Hindu Culture),
    Kalyan
    , June 1984, pp. 658–60.
  11. ‘
    Aatankva
    d Aur Nar Hatya
    ’ (Militancy and Human Killing),
    Kalyan
    , July 1987, p. 880.
  12. Kalya
    n
    , July 1988, p. 3.
  13. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Des
    h Ki Simaon Ko Surakshit Rakhna Hamara Kartavya
    ’ (It is Our Duty to Protect the Country’s Boundaries),
    Kalya
    n
    , March 1999, p. 4.
  14. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Dharma
    , Rajya Aur Niti
    ’ (Religion, State and Principles),
    Kalyan
    ,
    Nitisar Ank
    , January–February 2002, pp. 542– 46.
  15. Prabhudatt Brahmachari, ‘
    Swarajy
    a Evam Go Raksha
    ’ (Self-rule and Cow Protection),
    Kalyan
    ,
    Gau Seva Ank
    , January 1995, pp. 78–82.
  16. M.V. Kamath,
    Gandhi’s Coolie: Life and Times of Ramakrishna Bajaj
    , Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1988. p. 253.
  17. Radhakrishna Bajaj, ‘
    Goraksha Evam Gosamvardhan
    ’ (Cow Protection and Cows’ Development),
    Gau Seva Ank
    , January 1995, pp. 341–46.
  18. Muzaffar Hussain, ‘
    Gai Aur Quran
    ’ (Cow and the Quran),
    Kalyan
    , March 2012, pp. 514–16.
  19. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Purn Go Hatyabandi Ki Disha Mein
    Maharashtr
    a Ka Ek Kadam
    ’ (A Step by Maharashtra Towards Total Ban on Cow Slaughter),
    Kalyan
    , April 2015, p. 50.
  20. Interview with Khemka, February 2011.
  21. Interview with Khemka, February 2011.
  22. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Savdha
    n Rehne Ki Avashyakta
    ’ (Need to Be Alert),
    Kalyan
    , November 2013, pp. 49–50.
  23. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Des
    h Ka Durbhagya
    ’ (Nation’s Misfortune),
    Kalya
    n
    , September 2013, p. 50
  24. Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery,
    Confronting Saffron Demography
    , Three Essays Collective, New Delhi, 2006, p. 2.
  25. Radheshyam Khemka, ‘
    Bharatiy
    a Sanskriti Aur Parivar Niyojan
    ’ (Indian Culture and Family Planning),
    Kalyan
    , August 2002, pp. 743–44.
  26. Siddharaj Dhadda, ‘
    Ek Drishtikon: Garbhpat Kanoon Ya Hatya Ko
    Manyat
    a
    ’ (A Viewpoint: Abortion Law or Licence to Kill),
    Kalyan
    , July 1971, pp. 1063–65.
  27. Gopinath Aggarwal,
    Garbhpat: Uchit Ya Anuchit, Faisla Aapka
    , Gita Press, Gorakhpur, 2011, p. 3.
  28. Shailendra Kumar Jain in Aggarwal 2011, pp. 13–15.
  29. Interview with Khemka, February 2011.
  30. ICRA rating, August 2013.
  31. Merriam-Webster’
    s Encyclopedia of World Religions
    , Massachusetts, 1999, pp. 379–80.

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