Resistance Centre Stage
Dhananjay Rai
THEORISING RESISTANCE: NARRATIVES IN HISTORY AND POLITICS by Jasbir Jain Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2014, 224 pp., 625
April 2014, volume 38, No 4

The book under review takes the difficult path of exploring resistance in literature. Resistance stands against conformism. Resistance is disapproval of conformism. It attempts to discontinue ‘obviousness’ and ventures into the oblivion terrain that has been branded as ‘abnormal’. Therefore, ‘theoretical intervention’ on resistance must be applauded.

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