The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi
Title | The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi PDF eBook |
Author | Sarala Devi Chaudhurani |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 230 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Social reformers |
ISBN | 9788187358312 |
This charming book The Many Worlds of Sarala Deri and The Tagores and Sartorial Styles, as the titles suggest, contain two separate but related writings on the Tagores. The Tagores were a pre-eminent family which became synonymous with the cultural regeneration of India, specifically of Bengal, in the ninteenth century. --
The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi: A Diary & The Tagores and Sartorial Style: A Photo Essay
Title | The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi: A Diary & The Tagores and Sartorial Style: A Photo Essay PDF eBook |
Author | Sukhendu Ray |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 283 |
Release | 2017-07-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1351586475 |
This charming book The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi and The Tagores and Sartorial Styles, as the titles suggest, contain two separate but related writings on the Tagores. The Tagores were a pre-eminent family which became synonymous with the cultural regeneration of India, specifically of Bengal, in the nineteenth century. The first writing is a sensitive translation of Sarala Devis memoirs from the Bengali, Jeevaner Jharapata, by Sukhendu Ray. It is the first autobiography written by a nationalist woman leader of India. Sarala Devi was Rabindranath Tagores niece and had an unusual life. The translation unfolds, among other things, what it was like to grow up in a big affluent house Jorasanko, that had more than 116 inmates and a dozen cooks! The second writing by Malavika Karlekar is a photo essay, creatively conceived, visually reflecting the social and cultural trends of the times, through styles of dress, jewellery and accoutrements. The modern style of wearing a sari was introduced by Jnanadanandini Devi, a member of the Tagore family. The introduction by the well-known historian, Bharati Ray, very perceptively captures the larger context of family, marriage, womens education and politics of the time which touched Sarala Devis life. She points out that if memoirs are a kind of social history then womens diaries record social influences not found in official accounts and are therefore, a rich source of documentation.
In Search of Freedom
Title | In Search of Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Maṇikuntalā Sena |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Translated For The First Time Into English, These Memoirs Talks Of How A Middle Class Woman Joined The Communist Movement In The 1930S When The Dream Of Socialism Was In The Air And The Young Shared It'. She Travelled Extensively, Mobilizing Women In Towns And Villages, Helping To Shape The Women'S Movement Of Her Times. She Rose To Become The Deputy Leader Of The Opposition In The West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Manikuntala Recounts A Story Of Fervour And Sacrifice, Of Bitter Feuds And Ultimate Self-Imposed Exile When The Communist Party Split And She Could Not Accept Either Faction.
Bengali Culture Over a Thousand Years
Title | Bengali Culture Over a Thousand Years PDF eBook |
Author | Ghulam Murshid |
Publisher | Niyogi Books |
Total Pages | 507 |
Release | 2018-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9386906120 |
Art, literature, music and other intellectual expressions of a particular society are together regarded as the culture of that society. Ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society are also its ‘culture’. Contrary to what we think, it is not easy to describe ‘culture’, nor is it easy to write the cultural history. Writing the history of Bengali culture is even more difficult because Bengali society is truly plural in its nature, made even more so by its political division. The two main religious communities that share this culture are often more aware of the differences between them than the similarities. Nonetheless, the people remain bound by history and a shared language and literature. Ghulam Murshid’s Bengali Culture over a Thousand Years is the first non-partisan and holistic discussion of Bengali culture. Written for the general reader, the language is simple and the style lucid. It shows how the individual ingredients of Bengali culture have evolved and found expression, in the context of political developments and how certain individuals have moulded culture. Above all, the book presents the identity and special qualities of Bengali culture. The book was originally published in Bengali in Dhaka in 2006. This is the first English translation.
The Brahmo Samaj and its Vaiṣṇava Milieus
Title | The Brahmo Samaj and its Vaiṣṇava Milieus PDF eBook |
Author | Ankur Barua |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 2021-01-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004445382 |
In The Brahmo Samaj and its Vaiṣṇava Milieus: Intersections of Knowledge and Love in Nineteenth Century Bengal, Ankur Barua offers an intellectual history of the motif of religious universalism in the writings of some intellectuals associated with the Brahmo Samaj.
Shantiniketan
Title | Shantiniketan PDF eBook |
Author | William Winstanley Pearson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Santiniketan (India) |
ISBN |
Gitanjali
Title | Gitanjali PDF eBook |
Author | Rabindranath Tagore |
Publisher | Standard Ebooks |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 2017-06-25T16:22:32Z |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Indian (and more specifically Bengali) literary history, Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian—indeed, the first person outside Europe—to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, largely in recognition of his “spiritual offering of songs,” Gitanjali. Tagore himself translated the poems from the original Bengali, taking many liberties in the process. His English translation is rightly recognized as a work distinct from the Bengali original, consisting of major revisions, many elisions, and many poems originally published in other collections. Tagore’s lyrical simplicity, vivid imagery, and themes of nature, spirituality, death, and transcendence combine to produce a truly unique, powerfully moving work of thoughtful beauty. For many who read it, Tagore’s words in Song XCVI ring true: “What I have seen is unsurpassable. I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light, and thus I am blessed.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.