India in the Second World War: An Emotional History
Author: Diya Gupta
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About This BookIn 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic sentiments surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the war-induced Bengal Famine, and Indian National Army soldiers fought against the British for Indian independence. This captivating new history shines a spotlight on emotions as a way of unearthing these troubled and contested experiences, exposing the personal as political. Diya Gupta draws upon photographs, letters, memoirs, novels, poetry and philosophical essays in both English and Bengali languages to weave a compelling tapestry of emotions felt by Indians in service and at home during the war. She brings to life an unknown sepoy in the Middle East yearning for home, and anti-fascist activist Tara Ali Baig; a disillusioned doctor on the Burma frontline, and Sukanta Bhattacharya’s modernist poetry of hunger; Mulk Raj Anand’s revolutionary home front, and Rabindranath Tagore’s critique of civilization. This vivid book recovers a truly global history of the Second World War, revealing the crucial importance of cultural approaches in challenging a traditional focus on the wartime experiences of European populations. Seen through Indian eyes, this conflict is no longer the ‘good’ war. Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: Diya GuptaPublisher: Rupa Publications India (8 September 2025); Rupa Publications IndiaFormat: Hardcover – 8 September 2025Language: EnglishPages: 360ISBN: 978-9361560996Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2 cmWeight: 464 g
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- English • Hardcover – 8 September 2025
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About This BookIn 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic sentiments surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the war-induced Bengal Famine, and...
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Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love how this book moves beyond dates and battles to reveal what the Second World War felt like for Indians living through it. By weaving letters, poetry, photographs and memoirs into rigorous scholarship, it brings you face to face with soldiers, activists and civilians caught between empire and independence. It’s a deeply human, thought‑provoking read that makes history intimate, emotional and impossible to forget—perfect if you want to understand India’s wartime experience in all its complexity.
- Published by Rupa Publications India (8 September 2025); Rupa Publications India.
- Language: English.
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About This BookIn 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic sentiments surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the war-induced Bengal Famine, and Indian National Army soldiers fought against the British for Indian independence. This captivating new history shines a spotlight on emotions as a way of unearthing these troubled and contested experiences, exposing the personal as political. Diya Gupta draws upon photographs, letters, memoirs, novels, poetry and philosophical essays in both English and Bengali languages to weave a compelling...
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