The Indian Mutiny and the British Imagination

The Indian Mutiny and the British Imagination
Author: Gautam Chakravarty
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2005-01-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781139442411

Gautam Chakravarty explores representations of the event which has become known in the British imagination as the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857 in British popular fiction and historiography. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources including diaries, autobiographies and state papers, Chakravarty shows how narratives of the rebellion were inflected by the concerns of colonial policy and by the demands of imperial self-image. He goes on to discuss the wider context of British involvement in India from 1765 to the 1940s, and engages with constitutional debates, administrative measures, and the early nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian novel. Chakravarty approaches the mutiny from the perspectives of postcolonial theory as well as from historical and literary perspectives to show the extent to which the insurrection took hold of the popular imagination in both Britain and India. The book has a broad interdisciplinary appeal and will be of interest to scholars of English literature, British imperial history, modern Indian history and cultural studies.

How Can India Become a Superpower by 2047

How Can India Become a Superpower by 2047
Author: Dr. Keshab Chandra Mandal
Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
Total Pages: 879
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9362698552

The present volume How Can India Become a Superpower by 2047: A Vision is primarily a vision document of India that tells the readers - especially the students and youths - about the mantras for making India a country with a very high human development index. The sole aim of this sacred book is to ignite young minds to turn their dreams into determination for national growth and development through personal skill and capacity development. This book highlights India’s rich and glorious history, culture, trade & commerce, politics, geography, demography, and economy on one hand, and religion, spirituality, philosophy, gender, education, health, climate action, and science & technology, on the other hand. What are India’s present strengths? What more India can learn from the USA, China, Japan, Germany, and Israel has been discussed in this book. Also, the author has explored the perceptions of some great social, political, and spiritual leaders of the world about India and its superiority in science, technology, mathematics, spirituality, culture, and beauty. Moreover, India’s vibrant foreign policy and robust public policies since independence with a special focus on the Modi Government have been examined minutely. The most significant parts of this volume are to tell the readers about how India can be a developed country, how India should run in the next quarter century, and how India can achieve a $25 trillion economy by 2047. Finally, this book traces out some existing challenges and concludes with reasonable and scientific recommendations for the holistic development of India.

Sovereign Anxiety

Sovereign Anxiety
Author: Javed Iqbal Wani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009337939

Studies sovereignty and law and argues that 'public order' laws are an expression of sovereign anxiety.

A History of Modern India

A History of Modern India
Author: Ishita Banerjee-Dube
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2014-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316165175

This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.