“meenakshi mukherjee”

This book combines a feminist perspective with a non-Western reading of Jane Austen. The author considers how being a woman shaped Austen’s literary attitudes and social thinking, and brings to bear her own post-colonial consciousness in understanding the economics, geography and social convention... More

This rich biography, coinciding with his death centenary, illuminates the... More

Extremely broad in scope, this socio-literary study provides an examination of the emergence of the novel in India during the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century. Every major novelist of the period is accounted for, including Bankimchandra Chatterji, Saratchandra Charrtejee, Rabindranath Tago... More

Various strands exist in the tangled texture of our plural existence-- language, translation, religion politics, gender, caste, community, films, migration, and nostalgia for a lost home. Elusive Terrain weaves them together in thirteen essays addressing diverse issues relating to literature and cul... More

This book provides a new perspective on Indian writing in English by researching into its nineteenth-century origins and seeing its subsequent development in relation to other Indian language literatures.... More

This book provides a new perspective on Indian writing in English by researching into its nineteenth-century origins and seeing its subsequent development in relation to other Indian language literatures.... More

A remarkable collection of short stories by eminent Indian writers, including R. K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh and Ruskin Bond.... More

The Nation Across the World examines the present state of the "nation" in various political and cultural formations around the world - from Fiji, Singapore, and Trinidad to Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Great Britain, Spain, and the USA. The issues explored include empire, colony, race, resistance, l... More