Indian Videshinis: European Women In India

What happened to Sonia Gandhi as she moved from the Italianborn wife of the non-political son closer and closer to the centre of power? Before she became Mother Teresa, how did an Eastern European-born outsider in the Loreto order criticize memsahib' nuns and claim that she would renew Christianity in India in 1947? These are just two of the ten stories captured in this book that illuminate the careers and Indian identity formation of Europeanborn women and their deep, and sometimes controv...