Literature-Travel Writing
Edited by Sarvani Gooptu. Translated from the original Bengali by Sarvani Gooptu and Indrani Bose
Though Indians have been travelling for the last few centuries, documentation of their travels have been scarce and far between. Pilgrimage, trade, and conquest drove the earliest subcontinental travels, but it was specifically a male domain.
Reviewed by: Somdatta Mandal