Author: Mohan Ramanan
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 196
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9798126024376
Description
This book is an attempt to explore the ideas of Sastri as Statesman, Ambassador, Citizen and Man of letters. Ramanan’s book locates Sastri in the broad Cultural context of the Indian Renaissance and weaves a narrative of his ideas which sets him off truly as a man of letters who used the English language with facility and felicity.
Contents
Preface Note on Documentation V.S. Srinivasa Sastri : A Chronology V.S. Srinivasa Sastri : A Study 1. Introduction 2. V.S. Srinivasa Sastriar : A Renaissance Man 3. A Life as Servant of India 4. Sastriar and the idea of the Intellectual 5. Sastriar on Education for citizenship 6. Values in Life 7. Rights and Duties of a Citizen 8. The Woman Question 9. On the Ramayana 10. The other Harmony 11. A Man of Letters 12. The Man