The Queen of JhansiSeagull Books, 2010 - 325 من الصفحات Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is now widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. The image of the young warrior queen who died on the battlefield but not in the minds of her people captured the imagination of novelist Mahasweta Devi, who undertook extensive research that encompassed family reminiscence, oral literature, local histories, and more traditional sources. From these she wove a very personal history of a heroine--an unusual woman, widowed at an early age, who grew from a free-spirited child into an independent young leader. Devi's resulting work traces the history of the growing resistance to the British, while building a detailed picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman who wears her long tresses unbound at the same time as she prefers a male attire on horseback; who is a cool-headed and far-sighted leader of men, full of warm concern for her soldiers; as well as a mother who worries about her infant son's well-being. Simultaneously a history, a biography, and an imaginative work of fiction, this book is a valuable contribution to the reclamation of history and historiography by feminist writers. |
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... Betwa to notify the Queen of his arrival , causing a surge of joy and enthusiasm all around Jhansi . Temporarily forgetting their troubles , the besieged warriors started gathering on the ramparts and balconies of the fort to rejoice at ...
... Betwa cascaded down 500 feet with a terrif- ic roar , there was a neglected and unknown Shiva temple . Who knows when there had been a settlement there ? The townswomen brought milk , Ganga water and offerings of bilwapatro79 every ...
... Betwa . Damodar was carried on their backs . When Damodar was hiding in the jungles with Raghunath Singh , Nanne Khan Risaldar and Ganpatrao Maratha had been separated from the group . They came to stay with Prithvi Singh , the King of ...