“This deeply felt book unsettles many of our common contrasts, including those between public and private, men and women, home and the world. By looking at an unusual set of archival and biographical materials from different parts of northern and western India during the colonial period and after 1947, Gyanendra Pandey opens up a new vista for the study of men at home in modernity.”
-- Arjun Appadurai, Professor Emeritus of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University