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 Buruma, The New York Review of Books
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian: Part II
Author: Nirad C. Chaudhuri
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Condition: New
Isbn: 9788179928301
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Genre: Environmental Technology and Management,
Publishing Date / Year: 2008
No of Pages: 1008
Weight: 1108 Gram
Total Price: $ 25.25
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