Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword . Veena Das ix
4. Preface. “A Lot of History, a Severe History” xv
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Introduction. “The Looking-Glass Border” 1
7. One
8. ONE.“THE MONTH OF MOURNING AND THE LANGUID FLOODWATERS” 31
9. TWO. “WE WOULD RATHER HAVE SHAAK (GREENS) THAN MURGI (CHICKEN) POLAO” 47
10. THREE. “BRINGING OUT THE SNAKE” 67
11. FOUR. “A MINE OF THIEVES” 91
12. FIVE. “MY OWN IMAGINATION IN MY OWN BODY” 107
13. Two
14. SIX. “MINGLING IN SOCIETY” 129
15. SEVEN. THE ABSENT PIECE OF SKIN 159
16. EIGHT. IMAGING THE WAR HEROINE 177
17. NINE. SUBJECTIVITIES OF WAR HEROINES 228
18. Three
19. CONCLUSION. “THE TRUTH IS TOUGH” 251
20. POSTSCRIPT. FROM 2001 UNTIL 2013 264
21. Notes 277
22. Glossary 291
23. References 293
24. Index 309