Author: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Jogesh Chandra Bagal
Publisher: Sahitya Samsad
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 294
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185626154
Description
Bankimchandra's contribution to the resurgence and rejuvenation of the Indian people is too well known to be dilated upon. Some thing however need be told here for the benefit of our younger compatriots.
Bakimchandra has been called Rishi, a seer, by savants like Aurobindo Ghosh and Bepin Chandra Pal. His Bande Matram, till recently, was recognized as the best of our national songs and acclaimed as the "National Anthem" for the people of India, the undivided Bharatbarsa.
Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya was a prolific writer not only in Bengali but also in English. A great believer in the national integration, he made English his vehicle for giving expressions to his ideas. This volume presents his English works. The volume is divided in three parts viz., - Rajmohan's Wife, Essays and Letters, and Letters on Hinduism.
Contents
Foreword
Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya
PART I
Rajmohan’s Wife
PART II
Essays and Letters
Essays:
On the Origin of Hindu Festivals
A Popular Literature for Bengal
Bengali Literature
Buddhism and the Sankhya Philosophy
The Confession of a Young Bengal
The Study of Hindu Philosophy
Vedic Literature
LETTERS:
I
II
II
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
The Supposed Necessity of Idolatry
The Alleged Harmlessness of Idolatry
The Ultimate Philosophy of Brahmanism
The Modern St. Paul
The Modern Ram Chandra
European Versions of Hindoo Doctrines
The Challenge Renewed
Ram Chandra Redivivus
The Intellectual Superiority of Europe
The Recent Controversy I
The Recent Controversy II
PART III
Letters on Hinduism
LETTERS:
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTERS:
V
VI
PART IV
APPENDIX
Devi Chaudhurani
Specimen of Bankimchandra’s Handwriting
EDITORIAL NOTES