• ISBN13: 9789384082864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Ratna Sagar
• Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 323
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 599 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Ancient / General

Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, upations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself.

Tara Sheemar Malhan teaches history at Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. She has contributed papers to the Indian History Congress, and received an award from it for her presentation on ‘Merchants Tales: Wealth, Monarchy and Gender’. Her research interests include examining the intersections of caste, gender and power structures.