Serving the Nation: Cultures of Service, Association and Citizenship in Colonial India

The academic value of the work lies in its numerous references, exhaustive bibliography and the methodology it has developed in course of analysis and discussion. Apart from enriching our knowledge in the field of research, these are bound to motivate researchers to undertake further inquiry into this subject. On the negative side, it may be mentioned that repetition of some points has made the reading somewhat monotonous. But all in all, the book under review is a scholarly presentation and is undoubtedly a significant contribution to the study of Indian society during the colonial period and after and scholars and academicians working on social history will find thisbook of particular interest.