About this title: This is the first ever English translation of a book that began the first major public debate on gay rights in modern India. Pandey Bechan Sharma ("Ugra"), claimed that Chocolate (1927) would help rid the nation of "vice" but his critics argued that his book was obscene. In her Introduction Ruth Vanita, who has extensively studied same-sex relationships in India, discusses the book's unique position on the subject and the direction it gave to the portrayal of homosexuality.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 28/09/2006
ISBN-13:9780195674866ISBN:0195674863
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Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195674866ISBN:0195674863
Description: New. pp. 103. As New. Contents Acknowledgements. Note on this translation. Introduction. 1. Chocolate. 2. Kept boy. 3. Well are in love with Lucknow. 4. Waist curved like a She Cobra. 5. Discussing chocolate. 6. O beautiful young man. 7. Dissolute love. 8. In prison. 9. From letters of some beautiful ones. 10. From life is brief enjoy it. The first public debate on homosexuality in modern India occurred in the 1920s in the thick of the movement for national independence. It was sparked off by a ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780195674866ISBN:0195674863
Description: New in New jacket. 14 x 22 Cm. The first public debate on homosexuality in modern India occurred in the 1920s, in the thick of the movement for national independence. It was sparked off by a collection of Hindi short stories entitled Chocolate (1927), by Hindi nationalist writer Pandey Bechan Sharma, better known by his pen-name ‘Ugra' (extreme). The stories created such an uproar that almost every major public figure, from Premchand to Gandhi, joined in the debate. This first-ever English ... read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ The first public debate on homosexuality in modern India occurred in the 1920s, in the thick of the movement for national independence. It was sparked off by a collection of Hindi short stories entitled Chocolate (1927), by Hindi nationalist writer Pandey Bechan Sharma, better known by his pen-name Ugra (extreme). The stories created such an uproar that almost every major public figure, from Premchand to Gandhi, joined in the debate. This first ... read more
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