Indira Bai : the triumph of truth and virtue /
Indira Bai (1899) tells the moving story of a child widow who stands up to a corrupt religious orthodoxy and remarries a liberal-minded, educated man. The narrative documents the wide-ranging changes caused in the encounter between the Kannada social ethos and the modern West. This riveting novel no...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Kannada. |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Summary: | Indira Bai (1899) tells the moving story of a child widow who stands up to a corrupt religious orthodoxy and remarries a liberal-minded, educated man. The narrative documents the wide-ranging changes caused in the encounter between the Kannada social ethos and the modern West. This riveting novel not only holds a mirror to the social history of its times, but also a lamp to the emerging new, secular self in a modern, national culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 232 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199492855 0199492859 |