Synopsis Colonial encounter remains one of the most contested terrains in human history, more so in case of India because India was a diverse and uneven space for colonizers. As a consequence, the strategies of the colonizers varied from state to state, and from region to region. It accounted for varied responses to the colonial presence in India indifferent Indian languages and even within one particular language. The present volume contains papers by distinguished scholars of Gujarati, Hindi and English on the discourse of resistance constructed during the colonial period.