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Mod 8 Gender and Nation
Mod 8 Gender and Nation
Why is the figure of the ‘mother’ so often invoked with regard to the nation?
Bharat Mata. Chromolithograph of
Abanindranath Tagore’s watercolor Bharat Mata
(dated to 1904–1905), published by the Indian
Press, Allahabad, circa 1910. (OSIAN’s Archive,
Research and Documentation Centre, Mumbai)
Via Vhp.org