The Web of Indian Life

This is a collection of essays by Sister Nivedita, Margaret E. Noble, an Anglo-Irish Hindu convert who moved to India and devoted herself to helping poor women of all castes. It covers subjects such as the life of Indian women, the great sagas of Hinduism, the caste system, and the influence of Islam in India. Chapters include, Of The Hindu Woman As Wife, The Place Of Woman In The National Life, The Immediate Problems Of The Oriental Woman, The Indian Sagas, The Synthesis Of Indian Thought, Noblesse Oblige: A Study Of Indian Caste, and Islam In India.