The Queen of Jhansi

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Item Code: IDE481
Author: Mahasweta Devi, Translated By Mandira, Sagaree Sengupta
Publisher: Seagull Books
Language: English
Edition: 2003
ISBN: 8170461758
Pages: 301
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.6" X 5.6"
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From the Jacket:

The queen of Jhansi remains one of India's most important historical figures, a legendary heroine who led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, now widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. Oral tales and songs about her abound, glorifying the image of a spirited young woman warrior, who died on the battlefield but lives on in the minds of an entire people. This image of the warrior queen captured the imagination of Mahasweta Devi who, almost 50 years ago, was herself a young woman writer just beginning a career, Fascinating by the personality of Lakshimibai of Jhansi, and frustrated at finding almost no written material on her, she took off on a journey that revisited the mental and geographical landscape of those stirring times. Her research encompassed family reminiscence, oral literature, people's histories, as well as the more traditional sources of British and Indian historians. From these she wove together a very personal history of a heroine the more conventional historians had chosen to ignore - an unusual woman, widowed at an early age, who grew from a free-spirited child into an independent young leader.

This book traces the history of the growing resistance to the British which came to a head with the 1857 uprising, while building a detailed picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman who lives to wear her long tresses unbound at the same time as she prefers male attire on horseback, who is a cool headed and farsighted leader of men full of warm concern for her soldiers, as well as a mother who worries about her infant son's well-being.

Mahasweta Devi's first book, The Queen of Jhansi is a work that defies categories, simultaneously a history, a biography, and a personal statement that says as much, about the author as it does about her study - a valuable contribution to the reclamation of history, and historiography, by feminist writers.

About the Author:

Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost writers. Her powerful fiction has won her recognition in the form of the Sahitya Akademi (1979), Jnanpith (1996) and Ramon Magsaysay (1996) awards, amongst several other literay honours. She was also awarded the Padmasree in 1986, for her activist work amongst dispossessed tribal communities.

Sagaree Sengupta teaches South Asian languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has translated several works from Hindi and Urdu into English. She has collaborated on this translation with her mother.

Mandira Sengupta, an artist who maintains an active interest in her native Bengali literature despite her long residence abroad.

CONTENTS

Preface to the First Editionix
The Backgroundxiii
The Queen of Jhansi1
Appendix
'I have always been driven by a strong sense of history…' - An Interview with Mahasweta Devi
269
Notes277
Glossary280
Bibliography283

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