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A Passionate Life - Writings by and on Kamladevi Chattopadhyay, Hardback Book

A Passionate Life - Writings by and on Kamladevi Chattopadhyay Hardback

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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was a remarkable woman a gifted writer and an activist central to the making of the modern Indian nation.

India's representative to the Global South for many years after independence, Kamaladevi figured prominently in discussions of and studies on Indian women and independence.

But in more mainstream histories she remains relatively unknown.

A Passionate Life brings together for the first time a collection of Kamaladevi's writings on the subjects closest to her heart.

These essays include a close look at the lives of tribal peoples in India, the sustaining of handicrafts and handicraft workers, and issues of history.

In doing so, the volume questions not only our methods of writing and recovering history which leave out lives as important as hers but also shows how the surfacing of histories like Kamaladevi's can enrich, expand, and add nuance to our understanding of the making of modern India.

Crucial new essays and commentary by the editors accompany Kamaladevi's writings.

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