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The ten critical essays in this book examine Tagore's best-known novel in relation to the complex nature of colonial modernity. Taking into account Tagore's critique of religious nationalism as well as the historical context of his novel, the essayists show how The Home and the World throws up questions about gender, nationalism, and the novel as a form. Gender-related issues are elaborated in terms of the creation of modern selfhood, the problems in representing ...
This is the second book about Indian tennis that the author has compiled and is much more comprehensive as it covers all aspects of the game from its very beginnings in India, its rules and possibly for the first time, a separate chapter on Women's tennis and their inclusion in Who's Who of tennis. Most Information and statistics about tennis in India was localized and hence mainly restricted regionally and therefore hard to get and compile. The facts and ...