"An important book that recasts existing debates on nationalism... will be of interest to a wide range of scholars of colonialism and nationalism." —Journal of Asian Studies
(Journal of Asian Studies)

"A definitive and incisive piece of research." —Interventions
(Interventions)

"Tanika Sarkar uses an innovative brush to depict the development of Hindu cultural nationalism in 19-century India.... She brilliantly illuminates three classic incidents... which then become pivot points in her essays, enabling the reader to go beyond an ordinary understanding of social reality, particularly gender identity, in late 19th-century Bengal." —Asian Affairs
(Asian Affairs)