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Book Women in Modern India

    Book Details:
  • Author : Geraldine Forbes
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1999-04-28
  • ISBN : 9780521653770
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book Women in Modern India written by Geraldine Forbes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a compelling study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed women's lives enabling them to take part in public life. Through their own accounts of their lives and activities, she documents the formation of their organisations, their participation in the struggle for freedom, their role in the colonial economy and the development of the women's movement in India since 1947.

Book Great Women of Modern India  Aruna Asaf Ali

Download or read book Great Women of Modern India Aruna Asaf Ali written by Verinder Grover and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eugenic Feminism

Download or read book Eugenic Feminism written by Asha Nadkarni and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asha Nadkarni contends that whenever feminists lay claim to citizenship based on women’s biological ability to “reproduce the nation” they are participating in a eugenic project—sanctioning reproduction by some and prohibiting it by others. Employing a wide range of sources from the United States and India, Nadkarni shows how the exclusionary impulse of eugenics is embedded within the terms of nationalist feminism. Nadkarni reveals connections between U.S. and Indian nationalist feminisms from the late nineteenth century through the 1970s, demonstrating that both call for feminist citizenship centered on the reproductive body as the origin of the nation. She juxtaposes U.S. and Indian feminists (and antifeminists) in provocative and productive ways: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s utopian novels regard eugenic reproduction as a vital form of national production; Sarojini Naidu’s political speeches and poetry posit liberated Indian women as active agents of a nationalist and feminist modernity predating that of the West; and Katherine Mayo’s 1927 Mother India warns white U.S. women that Indian reproduction is a “world menace.” In addition, Nadkarni traces the refashioning of the icon Mother India, first in Mehboob Khan’s 1957 film Mother India and Kamala Markandaya’s 1954 novel Nectar in a Sieve, and later in Indira Gandhi’s self-fashioning as Mother India during the Emergency from 1975 to 1977. By uncovering an understudied history of feminist interactivity between the United States and India, Eugenic Feminism brings new depth both to our understanding of the complicated relationship between the two nations and to contemporary feminism.

Book Great Women of Modern India  Annie Besant

Download or read book Great Women of Modern India Annie Besant written by Verinder Grover and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Women of Modern India  Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

Download or read book Great Women of Modern India Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur written by Verinder Grover and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anglophone Indian Women Writers  1870   1920

Download or read book Anglophone Indian Women Writers 1870 1920 written by Ellen Brinks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of extensive archival recovery work, Ellen Brinks's study fills a significant gap in our understanding of women's literary history of the South Asian subcontinent under colonialism and of Indian women's contributions and responses to developing cultural and political nationalism. As Brinks shows, the invisibility of Anglophone Indian women writers cannot be explained simply as a matter of colonial marginalization or as a function of dominant theoretical approaches that reduce Indian women to the status of figures or tropes. The received narrative that British imperialism in India was perpetuated with little cultural contact between the colonizers and the colonized population is complicated by writers such as Toru Dutt, Krupabai Satthianadhan, Pandita Ramabai, Cornelia Sorabji, and Sarojini Naidu. All five women found large audiences for their literary works in India and in Great Britain, and all five were also deeply rooted in and connected to both South Asian and Western cultures. Their works created new zones of cultural contact and exchange that challenge postcolonial theory's tendencies towards abstract notions of the colonized women as passive and of English as a de-facto instrument of cultural domination. Brinks's close readings of these texts suggest new ways of reading a range of issues central to postcolonial studies: the relationship of colonized women to the metropolitan (literary) culture; Indian and English women's separate and joint engagements in reformist and nationalist struggles; the 'translatability' of culture; the articulation strategies and complex negotiations of self-identification of Anglophone Indian women writers; and the significance and place of cultural difference.

Book Sarojini Naidu  the Traditional Feminist

Download or read book Sarojini Naidu the Traditional Feminist written by Hasi Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sarojini Naidu, 1879-1949, Indian feminist.

Book Indian Women s Writing in English

Download or read book Indian Women s Writing in English written by Joel Kuortti and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a remarkable collection of information on Indian women's writing written originally in English. Beginning from the 19th century, it introduces 444 writers of poetry and fiction. Now, it has been a part of common critical parlance to say that the Indian English women's writing is in ascendance. One aim of this bibliography is to illustrate this phenomenon and to emphasise the variety of writing. Writers included in the bibliography come from all over India and from the Indian diaspora all over the world. Another aim of this bibliography is to make us aware of the constructed nature of writerhood. A given writer's texts do not exist and circulate in a vacuum but in a context. We can see that Indian English women's writing is taking place. But, what we do not see is the critical establishment, that is, literary scholars and critics, taking much note of it."

Book Perspectives on Indian Poetry in English

Download or read book Perspectives on Indian Poetry in English written by M. K. Naik and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sources of Indian Traditions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2014-04-08
  • ISBN : 0231510926
  • Pages : 1025 pages

Download or read book Sources of Indian Traditions written by Rachel Fell McDermott and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than fifty years, students and teachers have made the two-volume resource Sources of Indian Traditions their top pick for an accessible yet thorough introduction to Indian and South Asian civilizations. Volume 2 contains an essential selection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious history of India from the decline of Mughal rule in the eighteenth century to today. It details the advent of the East India Company, British colonization, the struggle for liberation, the partition of 1947, and the creation of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and contemporary India. This third edition now begins earlier than the first and second, featuring a new chapter on eighteenth-century intellectual and religious trends that set the stage for India's modern development. The editors have added material on Gandhi and his reception both nationally and abroad and include different perspectives on and approaches to Partition and its aftermath. They expand their portrait of post-1947 India and Pakistan and add perspectives on Bangladesh. The collection continues to be divided thematically, with a section devoted to the drafting of the Indian constitution, the rise of nationalism, the influence of Western thought, the conflict in Kashmir, nuclear proliferation, minority religions, secularism, and the role of the Indian political left. A phenomenal text, Sources of Indian Traditions is more indispensable than ever for courses in philosophy, religion, literature, and intellectual and cultural history.

Book Great Women of Modern India  Sarojini Naidu

Download or read book Great Women of Modern India Sarojini Naidu written by Verinder Grover and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Threshold

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarojini Naidu
  • Publisher : Library of Alexandria
  • Release : 2020-09-28
  • ISBN : 1465613722
  • Pages : 47 pages

Download or read book The Golden Threshold written by Sarojini Naidu and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is at my persuasion that these poems are now published. The earliest of them were read to me in London in 1896, when the writer was seventeen; the later ones were sent to me from India in 1904, when she was twenty-five; and they belong, I think, almost wholly to those two periods. As they seemed to me to have an individual beauty of their own, I thought they ought to be published. The writer hesitated. "Your letter made me very proud and very sad," she wrote. "Is it possible that I have written verses that are 'filled with beauty,' and is it possible that you really think them worthy of being given to the world? You know how high my ideal of Art is; and to me my poor casual little poems seem to be less than beautiful—I mean with that final enduring beauty that I desire." And, in another letter, she writes: "I am not a poet really. I have the vision and the desire, but not the voice. If I could write just one poem full of beauty and the spirit of greatness, I should be exultantly silent for ever; but I sing just as the birds do, and my songs are as ephemeral." It is for this bird-like quality of song, it seems to me, that they are to be valued. They hint, in a sort of delicately evasive way, at a rare temperament, the temperament of a woman of the East, finding expression through a Western language and under partly Western influences. They do not express the whole of that temperament; but they express, I think, its essence; and there is an Eastern magic in them. Sarojini Chattopadhyay was born at Hyderabad on February 13, 1879. Her father, Dr. Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, is descended from the ancient family of Chattorajes of Bhramangram, who were noted throughout Eastern Bengal as patrons of Sanskrit learning, and for their practice of Yoga. He took his degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Edinburgh in 1877, and afterwards studied brilliantly at Bonn. On his return to India he founded the Nizam College at Hyderabad, and has since laboured incessantly, and at great personal sacrifice, in the cause of education.

Book India in Britain

Download or read book India in Britain written by Susheila Nasta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study.

Book  Free Sample  History of Modern India TextGuide for Civil Services UPSC   State PSC Prelim   Main Exams   Previous Year Questions PYQs   powered with Expert   s Advice  Prelims   Mains Pointers   Chronological

Download or read book Free Sample History of Modern India TextGuide for Civil Services UPSC State PSC Prelim Main Exams Previous Year Questions PYQs powered with Expert s Advice Prelims Mains Pointers Chronological written by Abhishek Srivastava and published by Disha Publications. This book was released on 2023-01-25 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book ‘History of Modern India TextGuide’ is not just a narrative of Modern India; it focuses on all the important personalities along with the events that continue to be relevant in contemporary India and that shaped India’s history. ✍ It covers all aspects and topics that have increasingly become important for the UPSC Civil Services Examination in the past years. ✍ Disha’s TextGuide are prepared with a Paanch ka Punch – Tothepoint syllabus Coverage, Expert’s Advice, Examoriented, Linkage to other subjects and student Friendly presentation. ✍ The book is powered with ‘Expert’s Advice’ where the author directly addresses, guides and instructs the student using his expert knowledge. This will help student understand which sections are most important, what can be asked in future, and what should not be skipped strictly from exam pointofview. Such inputs are available across the book in every Chapter. ✍ The Chapters are written chronologically, for each separate theme, making it easier to read and cover all topics mentioned in the UPSC CSE Syllabus. ✍ Holistic coverage of every topic mentioned in the UPSC CSE Syllabus from the point of view of Prelims as well as Mains Examination. ✍ Extensive use of Mindmaps, Timelines and Maps to explain interlinkages among the topics. ✍ Inclusion of Previous Year questions at the end of every chapter. ✍ Separate Chapters on important themes like Role of Indian Women in the Freedom Struggles, Tribal Movements and Peasant Movements etc. ✍ Emphasis has been given to the Indian Society in particular. ✍ All content is given in a lucid language and wellstructured format. ✍ This book is undoubtedly a onestop solution for Modern Indian History! ✍ The book is also beneficial for other UPSC Examinations such as CAPF, CDS and IES and other State PCS Examinations.

Book Women and Social Reform in Modern India

Download or read book Women and Social Reform in Modern India written by Sumit Sarkar and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history

Book India   s Greatest Minds

Download or read book India s Greatest Minds written by Mukunda Rao and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian spirituality, from solemn sages to irreverent rebels. A plethora of religions, cultures, languages and peoples have over the ages nurtured a plurality of ideas, beliefs, influences and practices thriving in India. In India's Greatest Minds, Mukunda Rao takes readers on an exhilarating, exhaustive journey through the lives and teachings of India's most illustrious spiritual masters, thinker-activists and philosophers, making their wisdom accessible to all. Beginning from 700 BCE to the present day, moving across the length and breadth of the subcontinent, and covering every significant school of thought, Rao provides a comprehensive view of the trajectory of Indian thought as it developed over centuries, enriching minds and shaping modern discourse. Whether tackling profound questions on the meaning of life or plunging into the restless urgency of social reform, this book showcases an intellectual and cultural heritage that is uniquely Indian. From Kapila, Patanjali, Buddha and Mahavira to Andal, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Bulleh Shah and Chaitanya, and from Shishunala Sharifa, Ramakrishna and Vemana to Birsa Munda, Tagore, Gandhi and Ambedkar - the profiles of luminaries in this invaluable compendium will inspire and elevate its readers. Rich in both essence and detail, this treasury celebrates the individuals who rebelled against existing conventions and transcended every divide in their quest for enlightenment, transforming themselves and the world along the way.

Book Tradition and Liberation

Download or read book Tradition and Liberation written by Catherine A Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. Throughout Indian society religion has been central to debate about the position of women and opposition to the women’s movement has often been rationalised in terms of religion. Through a review of the speeches and writings of leading figures of the movement from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it identifies positive as well as negative representations of the tradition and its implications for women. It shows when and why the movement has chosen either to offer a traditional justification for its aims and activities or to eschew such a justification in favour of an alternative rationale.