affection, 29, 51, 78, 102, 110, 114, 147, 152, 161

Allahabad, 1–6, 14, 17, 24, 39

Arabic, 8, 12

art, 10, 15, 99, 101–102, 111–112, 159, 166, 185

Avadhi (Awadhi), 8, 40–41, 116, 188, 189

awakened women (Enlightenment), 86

awareness, 34, 52, 79, 91, 132

Banaras/Varanasi, 2, 22, 42

barbarism, 80

beauty, 30, 44, 55, 64, 66, 90, 95–101, 104, 106, 109, 110–111, 131, 137, 142, 144–145, 154, 160, 165, 183, 186, 188

Bhakti, 68, 96, 99, 113, 116

Bhatiya, Kailashchandra, 8

bhikshunis, 163–164

biography (MV), 1–5

bondage, 19, 30, 79

boys, 51, 87, 173, 175

Braj Bhasha, 2, 4, 15, 18, 38, 96

British rule, 10

Buddha, 73, 163

Buddhist, 17, 56, 95, 113, 181

caste, 3, 8, 134, 151, 164, 165, 169

Chand (a women’s journal), xi, 5, 12, 14, 16

Chauhan, Subhadra Kumari, 4, 169

Chhayavad, 3–5, 14–15, 22, 23, 24, 96, 99, 100, 101–102, 104–105, 106, 109, 110, 113, 116, 116

Chinese, 80, 190

Christian, 38

citizen, 19, 20, 44, 51, 79–80, 82–83, 122, 130, 133, 137, 158, 167, 174, 175, 180

civilization, 108, 151

class, 3, 8, 46, 53, 57, 86, 105, 109, 112, 146–147, 158, 163, 171

middle, 5, 14, 46–47, 84–86, 105, 107–109, 125, 171–172

upper, 46, 62, 83–84, 108, 171–172

working, 46, 50, 84–86, 124, 171–172

colonial discourse, 5–6

communalism, 40

Communism, 109

compassion, 3, 32, 49–51, 54, 55, 58, 68, 73, 75–76, 78, 81, 95, 107, 109–110, 113–115, 155

constitution, 167–168, 171

constructive work, 12

creation, 28, 89, 91–92, 95, 103, 106, 122, 134, 141, 145–146, 159, 160, 168, 169, 173, 175, 176, 186, 188

Crosthwaite College, 2, 4, 8, 38–39

culture, 10–12, 52, 81, 94, 108–109, 139–144, 146–148, 157–160, 164, 166–167, 170–171, 184–186