Princely Imposter? The Kumar of Bhawal and the Secret History of Indian Nationalism (Repost)
Partha Chatterjee, "Princely Imposter? The Kumar of Bhawal and the Secret History of Indian Nationalism"
English | 2002 | ISBN-10: 8178240416 | PDF | 429 pages | 23 MB
English | 2002 | ISBN-10: 8178240416 | PDF | 429 pages | 23 MB
This book tells the incredible story of the prince as pauper, of pauper as resurrected prince. Partha Chatterjee's retelling of the notoriously famous 'Bhawal Sannyasi Case' - one of India's best known and most historic legal battles - is narrative history of the finest kind. It is an epic story of war within a household which spills out into the social life of colonial Bengal; and beyond, into the administrative and legal fabric of India during the heyday of nationalism; and then beyond that again, into spirituality and philosophy, legend and folklore, theatre and cinema.