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Gathering the Ashes
Amritlal Nagar
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Description for Gathering the Ashes
Hardback. Translator(s): Pande, Mrinal. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
Most discussions of India's First War of Independence from British colonial rule in 1857 have centered on the role played by the Mughal emperor, the nawab of Awadh, and other sundry members of mostly urban nobility. What has remained missing from this coverage is how ordinary people across the countryside experienced the rebellion and how they passed their stories down to the following generations. In 1957, eminent Hindi writer Amritlal Nagar set out to correct this, travelling through villages and towns scattered across India's heartland and painstakingly gathering reminiscences and popular ballads about the revolt its celebrated and unsung heroes, ... Read more
Most discussions of India's First War of Independence from British colonial rule in 1857 have centered on the role played by the Mughal emperor, the nawab of Awadh, and other sundry members of mostly urban nobility. What has remained missing from this coverage is how ordinary people across the countryside experienced the rebellion and how they passed their stories down to the following generations. In 1957, eminent Hindi writer Amritlal Nagar set out to correct this, travelling through villages and towns scattered across India's heartland and painstakingly gathering reminiscences and popular ballads about the revolt its celebrated and unsung heroes, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423924
SKU
V9780857423924
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About Amritlal Nagar
Amritlal Nagar (1916-90) was one of the most prominent Hindi writers of the twentieth century. Mrinal Pande is a journalist, writer, and translator. She has written fiction, plays, and columns in both Hindi and English.
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