44. Schomer, Mahadevi Varma and the Chhayavad Age of Modern Hindi Poetry, 266.

45. Rubin, The Return of Sarasvati: Translations of the Poetry of Prasad, Nirala, Pant, and Mahadevi, 11.

46. Orsini, The Hindi Public Sphere (1920–1940): Language and Literature in the Age of Nationalism, 274.

47. Varma, “Meri Sahitya-Yatra: Gadya-Lekhan Ke Sandarbh Men”, 404–408.

48. Mahadevi Varma, “Adhunik Kavi”. Translated by and cited in Schomer, Mahadevi Varma and the Chhayavad Age of Modern Hindi Poetry, 201.

49. Ibid., 199.

50. Ibid., 198, See footnote 8. It is interesting to note the kind of public persona she cultivated well into the later years of her life. When Karine Schomer interviewed her, she was nearly seventy years old.

51. For a detailed (and well-illustrated) study of women’s participation in the nationalist movement, see Radha Kumar, The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800–1990 (London and New York: Verso, 1993).

52. Mahadevi Varma as translated by and cited in Orsini, The Hindi Public Sphere (1920–1940): Language and Literature in the Age of Nationalism, 304.

53. Ibid.

54. Suresh Sharma, “Hind Swaraj as a Statement of Tradition in the Modern World”, in Representing Hinduism: The Construction of Religious Traditions and National Identity, ed. Vasudha Dalmia and H. von Stietencron (New Delhi, Thousand Oaks and London: Sage Publications, 1995), 283.

55. Mahadevi Varma, “Hamari Shrinkhala Ki Kariyan”, in Mahadevi Sahitya Samagra Vol. 3, ed. Nirmala Jain (New Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 2000), 293.

56. Ibid.

57. Ibid., 295.

58. Ibid., 299.

59. Ibid., 295–296.

60. Varma, “Hindu Stri Ka Patnitva”, 337–338.

61. Mahadevi Varma, “Adhunik Nari”, in Mahadevi Sahitya Samagra Vol. 3, ed. Nirmala Jain (New Delhi: Setu Prakasan, 2000), 323–331.

62. “Chah”, in Jain, 42.