Inside India

by Edib, Halidé; Mushirul, Hasan

• ISBN13: 9780195658811
• ISBN10: 0195658817
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

First published in 1937, this is a book about India as seen through the eyes of the well-known Turkish writer and novelist, Halide Edib, who visited the region in 1935. It makes a conscious attempt to document significant contemporary events that were shaping the history of India at the time, such as the Gandhian movement and the Hindu-Muslim separatism.

Author Biography

Halide Edib (1884-1964) is among the most acclaimed figures in modern-day Turkey. Extolled by her people as an ideal woman -- one who combined creativity with political activism -- her fame rests in her accomplishments as a writer, a reformist, and a nationalist. A prolific and versatile writer, her enormous output extended over nearly sixty years, and included novels, short stories, criticism, memoirs, translations, and articles on social, educational, and political issues Mushirul Hasan is Professor of History at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	ix
Annexure 1: Chronology	lxi
Annexure 2: Geneaological Table of the Later Ottoman Sultans	lxviii
Annexure 3: `My First Visit to Mahatma Gandhi'-Halide Edib	lxix
Annexure 4: `To Khalide Edib Khanam'-Majaz	lxxiv
Inside India
Preface	3	(2)
Introductory	5	(12)
PART I INDIA SEEN THROUGH SALAM HOUSE
Concerning Dr. Ansari's Household	17	(3)
Seeing the Old Monuments	20	(5)
Concerning Sarojini Naidu and other Indian Women	25	(8)
`Raghuwar Tumko Meri Laj'	33	(6)
The Trio Around Mahatma Gandhi	39	(4)
Concerning Mahatma Gandhi's Activities	43	(7)
Concerning Chairmen at Jamia Lectures	50	(10)
Jamia, Men and Ideas	60	(13)
Concerning some `Isms'	73	(6)
PART II INDIA SEEN ON HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
Aligarh	79	(6)
Lahore	85	(5)
Peshawar	90	(10)
Lucknow	100	(14)
Benares	114	(13)
Calcutta	127	(14)
Hyderabad	141	(11)
Bombay	152	(11)
PART III INDIA IN THE MELTING-POT
Hinduism in the Melting-pot	163	(6)
Mahatma Gandhi and India	169	(15)
Mahatma Gandhi at Home	184	(8)
The Eleven Vows of Mahatma Gandhi	192	(10)
Jawaharlal, The Socialist Leader	202	(5)
Islam in the Melting-pot	207	(11)
Single Nationhood and Abdul-Gaffar Khan	218	(15)
One Indian Nation or Two Indian Nations?	233	(11)
And the British?	244	(5)
Bibliography	249	(3)
Biographical Notes	252	(12)
Index	264