Table of Contents

Prologue: the Intrepid Baharupiya; 1. The Revolutionary-Who-Waits; 2. Satyagrahi to Krantikari; 3. Between Inquilab and Kranti; 4. The Ascetic Kaalyoddha; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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This book is an exploration of the rich, variegated, and intimate history of revolution as praxis.

About the Author

Aparna Vaidik is Associate Professor of History at Ashoka University, India. Previously she was at Georgetown University, Washington DC and University of Delhi. She is a historian of South Asia who has extensively written on history of penal settlements, island histories, the Indian Ocean, politics of violence and the Indian revolutionaries. Imperial Andamans: Colonial Encounter and Island History (2010) is her first monograph, and her most recent publication is a creative non-fiction titled My Son's Inheritance: A Secret History of Lynching and Blood Justice in India (2020). Her book Revolutionaries on Trial: Sedition, Betrayal and Martyrdom is forthcoming.