nature, 15, 78, 91, 94–97, 100, 140, 143–144, 146, 152, 160, 163, 174, 185

Nawab of Awadh, 42

Nehru, 38

Nirala, 3–4, 22, 189

nonviolence, 5, 166

nun, 17, 56, 181

pandit, 38

Pant, 3–4, 189

parents, 1, 130, 132–134, 137, 142, 172

patriotism, 108

Persian, 2, 8, 12, 37, 108

philosophy, 3, 91–92, 95, 97, 113, 116, 141, 143, 149, 161–162, 166, 181, 181, 184–185

poetry, xi, 1–5, 7–10, 12–15, 17–18, 21, 23, 24, 38–39, 92–100, 103, 106–110, 113–114, 116, 116

poets, 1–4, 7, 9, 14–15, 24, 38, 96–99, 102–107, 109–112, 116, 165, 168, 188–189

political

life, 5–6, 8–11, 14–16, 18, 20, 24, 47, 79–81, 83, 85, 94, 108, 116, 117, 130, 166–167, 170–171, 173, 180, 184, 187, 190–191

parties, 10, 171

treatise Arthshastra, 116

poverty, 66, 86

Prasad, 4, 22, 169

Prayag Mahila Vidhyapith, 5, 17

Premchand, 24

pride, 33, 63, 74–75, 131–132, 166, 170, 175

private [sphere], 14, 16–17

professor, 57, 59

progress, 1, 10–11, 35, 49, 59, 109, 119, 121, 123–124, 132, 135, 154, 158–159, 163, 170–172, 174, 176

Progressive Writers Association, 24, 116

Prose, 3, 6, 7, 9–10, 12–13, 94, 110

Public activity, 58

Public sphere, 4, 16, 17

puja, 112, 116

Ramayana, 116, 149, 163

Ramcaritmanas, 149

rebellion, 50, 167

reform (social/political), 2, 3, 7, 21, 49, 78, 82, 85, 111, 113, 165, 168, 181, 190

religion, 2, 10, 19, 66, 101, 108, 114, 118, 131, 141, 146, 161–162, 164–166, 169, 174

representatives, 82, 84, 86

rights, 12, 16, 19, 66, 79, 84, 86, 95, 119, 123, 134, 146–147, 162, 165, 170–172, 175, 179, 181

Romantic Movement/Romanticism, 22, 116

Rubin, David, 15

Russia, 130, 135, 177

sacrifice (for women, as an ideal, for the nation), 16–21