To get rid of poison, a stronger dose of poison is required. This poison is Revolu-tion.’ This powerful message, among many others, from revolutionary literature of early twentieth century Bengal sought to impress upon people that colonial rule was irredeemable and only a revolution could bring change.
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Ranjana Sheel
REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS, PROPAGANDA AND POLITICAL CULTURE IN COLONIAL BENGAL by Shukla Sanyal Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2015, 219 pp., $95.00
May 2015, volume 39, No 5