Waiting for Swaraj : inner lives of Indian Revolutionaries
- Author/Creator:
- Vaidik, Aparna, 1975- author
- Publication/Creation:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021
- Resource Type:
- Book
More Details
Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Waiting for Swaraj : inner lives of Indian Revolutionaries / Aparna Vaidik
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Electronic books
- Subjects:
- Hindustan Socialist Republican Association--History
Hindustan Republican Association--History
Revolutionaries--India--History--20th century
India--Politics and government--1919-1947
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The Revolutionary-Who-Waits -- Satyagrahi to Krantikari -- Between Inquilab and Kranti -- The Ascetic Kaalyoddha.
- Summary:
- Set in British India of the 1920s, Waiting for Swaraj follows the cadence and tempo of the lives of the intrepid revolutionaries of the Hindustan Republican Association and the Hindustan Republican Socialist Association who challenged the British Raj. It seeks to comprehend the revolutionaries' self-conception - what did it mean to be a revolutionary? How did a revolutionary live out the vision of revolution, what was their everyday like, did life in revolution transform an individual, what was their truth and how was it different from that of the others? The book locates the essence of being a revolutionary not just in the spectacular moments when the revolutionaries threw a bomb or carried out a political assassination, but in the everyday conversations, banter, anecdotes, and in the stray fragments of the life in underground. It demonstrates how 'waiting' was the crucible that forged a revolutionary.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- General Note:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 May 2021).
- Local Note:
- Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937320306002486
- ISBN:
- 9781108937146 (ebook)
Tools
- Cite
- Export as RIS
-
Direct Link
Direct Link
Direct Link URL
- Staff View