<p>The book is a collection of papers presented at the 13th Triennial conference of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), held in 2004 in Hyderabad. The essays examine the swiftly changing connotations of nation in today s global world. The contributors to the volume come from different parts of the world, and this makes the collection a truly cross-cultural attempt to re-examine nationalism and understand its complex negotiations in the present. The title Nation in Imagination points to the shaping influence of narratives in the shifting contours of the concept of nation.</p>

Nation in Imagination: Essays on Nationalism, Sub-Nationalisms and Narration

Politics & Social Sciences

T. Vijay Kumar

C. Vijayasree

Meenakshi Mukherjee

Harish Trivedi

Social Sciences

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Valmiki s Ramayana is the story of Rama s exile and return to Ayodhya, a triumphant king who will always do right by his subjects. In Volga s retelling, it is Sita who, after being abandoned by Purushottam Rama, embarks on an arduous journey to self-realization. Along the way, she meets extraordinary women who have broken free from all that held them back: husbands, sons, and their notions of desire, beauty and chastity. The minor women characters of the epic as we know it Surpanakha, Renuka, Urmila and Ahalya steer Sita towards an unexpected resolution. Meanwhile, Rama too must reconsider and weigh out his roles as the king of Ayodhya and as a man deeply in love with his wife. A powerful subversion of India s most popular tale of morality, choice and sacrifice, The Liberation of Sita opens up new spaces within the old discourse, enabling women to review their lives and experiences afresh. This is Volga at her feminist best.

The Liberation of Sita

Literature & Fiction

Volga

Contemporary

Harper-perennial

Indian Languages in the Diaspora

Reference

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