Spaces, Places, Dwellings, and Beings. A Contribution to a Topoanalysis of Rahul Sankrityayan’s Bāisvīṃ Sadī

Pandit Rahul Sankrityayan’s creative writing Bāisvīṃ sadī (Twenty–second century) is an imaginary journey in time and space. Mobility is a crucial element in this story: it implies changes of space, but also physical and mental challenges. In light of topoanalysis – the term coined by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard to describe the detailing of intimate spaces – a better understanding of the self can be attained through a research of the places in which the subject has lived on account of the close link between self and place. Place attachment is in direct proportion to the integrity of identity. This paper aims to contribute to a revised topoanalysis of Bāisvīṃ sadī.