Goes off round India with maiden being selfish (6)
I believe the answer is:
egoism
'goes off round india with maiden being selfish' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'goes off round india with maiden' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'goes' is an anagram of 'egos'.
'egos' enclosing 'i' is 'egois'.
'egois'+'m'='EGOISM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egoism that I've seen before include "Self-seeking" , "self-centred doctrine" , "Self interest" , "principle of self-interest" , "Exaggerated sense of one's own importance" .)