Mahatma Gandhi and Prema Kantak: (Record no. 25980)

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ISBN 9780198082934
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Classification number 954.035092
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Title Mahatma Gandhi and Prema Kantak:
Sub Title exploring a relationship, exploring history
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Name of publisher Oxford University Press
Year of publication 2013
Place of publication New Delhi
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Number of Pages vii, 351p
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Summary, etc An important feminist thinker, writer, and activist, Prema Kantak's contributions to Indian feminist thought and the nationalist movement have been largely neglected in scholarly studies. Kantak, a one-time resident of Gandhi's ashram, forged a special, life-long bond with the Mahatma, and was hugely influenced by his thought and persona. She rose to prominence as a feminist writer with strong, radical convictions and also as a forceful proponent of Gandhian political and social ideals in Maharashtra.<br/><br/>This volume brings together rare Gandhi-Kantak correspondence that provides many new insights not only into this unique relationship and Kantak's life and radical thought, but also into the complexities of Gandhi's political and social ideas-especially his understanding of the role of women in the nationalist movement. Their correspondence, marked by loving devotion on the one hand and encouragement and nurturing on the other, is replete not only with an unusual mix of Kantak's naïveté, hero-worship, and self-doubt, but also reveals interesting facts about a much-deliberated and oft-researched topic-Gandhi's relationship with his women followers.<br/><br/>Together with original translations of Kantak's writings and a comprehensive Introduction that explores various dimensions of this deeply-personal relationship, their divergent thinking, as well as the political climate in Maharashtra during the nationalist period, this volume is a timely addition to the body of work on neglected figures in Indian feminist history as well the Gandhi corpus.
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Topical Term Gandhi, Mahatma 1869-1948
Geographic subdivision India
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Topical Term Kantak, Prema 1906-1985
Geographic subdivision India
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Topical Term Letters 1915-1945
Geographic subdivision India
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Topical Term Interpersonal relations
Form subdivision Teacher-student relationship
Geographic subdivision India
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Topical Term Novalist, Indic
Form subdivision Women
Geographic subdivision India
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Personal name Kosambi, Meera (Ed.)
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        Mahatma Gandhi NASSDOC Library NASSDOC Library 2019-12-30 7 620.50 954.035092 MAH- 50810 850.00 2019-12-30 Special Collection- M.K. Gandhi, Guru Nanak Dev ji