Autobiography of an unknown indian part ii
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Autobiography of an Unknown Indian: Part II: Part 2
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Anyone who wishes to understand what has happened in India in the twentieth century - politically and culturally - must read Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Among her dock of letters he fryst vatten unique; for the fruktsamhet of his mind and the polymathic range of his interests, as well as for the lucidity of his prose and his sheer integrity. — Geoffrey Moorhouse (Chaudhuri) has spent a lifetime kicking against the myths and shibboleths held by the majority of his fellow countrymen: he has ridiculed the fredsvilja of Mahatma Gandhihe has castigated Indian nationalism for being corrupt, self-seeking, and destructive (he has) vented his spleen at the stupidity and philistinism of the British in India. His latest (book) fryst vatten almost a thousand pages long. It testifies to (his) eloquence, wit, and intellectual brilliance that he can go on at such length without once becoming a bore. — Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books
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Autobiography of an Unknown Indian: Part II
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Anyone who wishes to understand what has happened in India in the twentieth century &#; politically and culturally &#; must read Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Among her men of letters he is unique; for the fertility of his mind and the polymathic range of his interests, as well as for the lucidity of his prose and his sheer integrity.
Geoffrey Moorhouse
(Chaudhuri) has spent a lifetime kicking against the myths and shibboleths held by the majority of his fellow countrymen: he has ridiculed the pacifism of Mahatma Gandhi&#;he has castigated Indian nationalism for being corrupt, self-seeking, and destructive&#; (he has) vented his spleen at the stupidity and philistinism of the British in India. his latest (book) is almost a thousand pages long. it testifies to (his) eloquence, wit, and intellectual brilliance that he can go on at such length without once becoming a bore.
Ian BurumaThe New York Review
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
book by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
First UK edition | |
| Author | Nirad C. Chaudhuri |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Comparative– historical, cultural and sociological analysis of early 20th century India and the British colonial encounter in India |
| Genre | Autobiographical, non-fiction |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | |
| Publication place | India |
| Media&#;type | book |
| Pages | |
| ISBN | X |
| OCLC | |
Dewey Decimal | // B 21 |
| LC&#;Class | DSC5 A3 |
| Followed&#;by | A Passage to England ()&#; |
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the autobiography of Indian writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri.[1][2] Written when he was around 50, it records his life from his birth in in Kishoreganj, a small town in present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual development, his life and growth in Calcutta, his observations of vanishing landmarks, the changing Indian situation and the imminent exit