history, 5, 7, 8, 11, 21, 63, 68, 81, 91, 94, 107–108, 110, 115, 129, 134, 142, 144, 155, 159, 165, 168, 176, 179, 189

householder, 44, 86, 119, 133, 143, 146, 160

humanity, 47, 63–64, 68–69, 106, 111–112, 114, 125, 132, 155, 159, 165, 169–170, 173–174, 187–188

idealism, 107

independence (for women, for nation, for untouchables), xi, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 117–126, 130, 137, 138, 166–171, 174–175, 190, 192

Indian vernaculars, 62

Indian womanhood, 5–6, 16, 18, 20, 21, 58, 63, 65, 69, 120, 133, 136, 170, 172

individuality, 15, 19, 63, 73, 137, 184, 186

injustice, 19, 56, 72, 74, 78, 86, 112, 123, 133, 154, 157

intellectualism, 93, 97–98, 106, 114

Islam. See Muslim

Kabir, 97, 99, 191

Kalidas, 11–12, 168

Khadi, 5–6, 17

Khari Boli, 4, 8, 38, 96, 100, 112

Khilafat movement, 5, 22

Kumbh Mela, 3

landowners, 2, 42

language politics, 8

law, 55–56, 74–75, 80, 89, 124–125, 127, 134, 163, 164, 167, 179

Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh, 10

literary

canon, 12

fame, 122

prize, 3, 39

livelihood, 20, 58, 86, 130–132, 137, 175, 177

lok (people), 8

love, 3, 4, 7, 18, 21, 28–29, 31–32, 49, 51–53, 55, 65, 72–73, 97–98, 101, 105, 120, 153

love affair, 31

Mahabharata, 163

Mahadevi Abhinandan Granth, 23

Manusmriti, 164

marketplace (bazaar), 8, 185, 190

marriage, 2, 6, 13, 17, 20, 21, 54, 57, 82, 118–119, 130–137, 138, 142, 144, 147, 150, 160–162, 165, 168

materialism, 98

maulvi, 37

medicine, 55, 86, 90, 173, 177–179

Middle Ages, 108, 164–165

Mirabai, 4–5

mood, 9, 96

motherhood, 6, 20, 43–44, 49, 57, 67, 75, 83, 85, 119–120, 130–132, 135–136, 160

Mughals, 42

music, 28, 163

Muslim, 8, 22

mysticism (rahasyavad), 23, 97, 109, 116

Naidu, Sarojini, 169, 171

nation/nationalism, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10–11, 14, 17, 19, 39, 47, 53, 78, 82, 103–104, 132–135, 138, 143, 145–147, 151–154, 157–159, 161, 166, 168–171, 174–175, 177, 179–180, 184, 186–187