Signifying the nation: Identity, authenticity and the ageing body in the post-Independence Hindi short story

Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 25-43

  Raja, Ira ^a  

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EID: 60949574529     PISSN: 00219894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021989404047044     Document Type: Article

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