India in the second world war : an emotional history /

In 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic feeling surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the war-induced Bengal Famine, and Indian National Ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gupta, Diya (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Hurst & Company, 2023.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > India. India > Social life and customs > 20th century. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Inde. Inde > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle. World War II. Asia. HISTORY. Military. Manners and customs India European history. Warfare and Defence. 1900-1999 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: 'V' for Victory?
1. 'The Thing That Was Lost': Re-Conceptualising Home in Indian Life-Writing
2. 'Every Day I Witness Nightmares': Hunger and the Homeland
3. 'Close to Me as My Very Own Brother': Male Friendships in Indian War Writing
4. 'An Anguished Heart': Witnessing the Indian Home-Front
5. 'Crisis in Civilisation': How Poetry Becomes Testimony.