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Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri CBE (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian writer. [ 1 ] In 1990, Oxford University awarded Chaudhuri, by then a long-time resident of the city of Oxford , an Honorary Degree in Letters .
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the 1951 autobiography of Indian writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri. [1] [2] Written when he was around 50, it records his life from his birth in 1897 in Kishoreganj, a small town in present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual development, his life and growth in Calcutta, his ...
Thy Hand, Great Anarch! is a 1987 autobiographical sequel to Indian essayist Nirad C. Chaudhuri's The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. Its title was inspired from the concluding couplet of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad which runs thus: [1] Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal Darkness buries All.
Scholar Extraordinary is a biography of Max Müller published by Chatto & Windus in 1974. The book was written by Nirad C. Chaudhuri.In addition to detailing the life of Müller, Chaudhuri also places in context the social and psychological aspects of the era and handles Müller's actions with that backdrop.
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization is a 54-minute color documentary based on the life and thoughts of Nirad C. Chaudhuri. It was made in 1972 and was directed by James Ivory. [1] In this, Chaudhuri (who was then based in London and Oxford) expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.
The Continent of Circe is a 1965 book of essays written by Indian author Nirad C. Chaudhuri that was winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for 1966. [1] In this book, Chaudhuri discusses Indian society from a socio-psychological perspective, commenting on Hindu society from Prehistory to modern times.
Nirad C. Chaudhuri: Scottish Church College: historian and commentator on culture R. D. Banerji: 1907; 1911 BA; MA Presidency [note 2] discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa culture Rajat Kanta Ray: BA(History) Presidency [note 2] historian Ramaprasad Chanda: Scottish Church College: historian, anthropologist and ...
Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia, 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award winner; Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999), essayist and scholar; Pramatha Chaudhuri (1868–1946), editor of Sabuj Patra, wrote in the era of Rabindranath Tagore; Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer