Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance. Abanindranath Tagore: The Make-Believe Prince; Gaganendranath Tagore: Toddy-Cat the Bold by Sanjay Sircar

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-105
Author(s):  
Hans Harder
Keyword(s):  
Bengal Renaissance

Theosophy in the Bengal Renaissance

2020 ◽  
pp. 231-252
Author(s):  
K. Paul Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
High Point ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky ◽  
Bengal Renaissance

This chapter explores the Theosophical Society’s association with the Bengal Renaissance in India, which is a significant, yet quite unexplored, dimension of both movements. The chapter traces the rise and fall of Theosophical influence in Bengal, beginning with contacts between Bengali and American spiritualists in the early 1870s prior to the formation of the Theosophical Society. Two years before its move to India, the Society established correspondence with leaders of the Brahmo Samaj. After the move to India in 1879, personal contacts were developed through the travels to Bengal of Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and the subsequent involvement of Bengalis in the Madras Theosophical Society headquarters. The role of Mohini Chatterji as an emissary of the Theosophical Society to Europe and America was the high point of this association, but by the early twentieth century, Aurobindo Ghose described the Theosophical Society as having lost its appeal to progressive young Indians.

scholarly journals Vidyasagar in popular perception: Recovered through anecdotes

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Public Memory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bengal Renaissance ◽  
Selection Of

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is one of the greatest figures of Bengal Renaissance, celebrated for his learning, promotion of education and pursuit of social reform. A number of anecdotes about him circulated among the middle class (Bhadralok) as well as the poorer sections of people. The article examines, through a selection of such anecdotes, what kinds of stories about Vidyasagar particularly caught the public eye, without delving into the accuracy of the specific pieces of public memory. What is significant here is that his personality, rather than his causes, forms the prominent theme in these anecdotes.

Bengal Renaissance: A Study in Social Contradictions

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pulak Naranyan Dhar
Keyword(s):  
Bengal Renaissance

scholarly journals The First Cadaveric Dissection in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Soumit Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Cadaver Dissection ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cadaveric Dissection ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Bengal Renaissance ◽  
The 19Th Century

Historical Perspective The first cadaver dissection in India in the 19th century after millennia of social prejudices took place in the recently established Calcutta Medical College in 1835, the first medical college in Asia imparting western medical education to British, Anglo Indians and Indians in the empire.  The first scientific approach to medical sciences commenced following this landmark event and set the trend for future liberal attitudes in society and contributed to the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century. This is a fictional account of the day when it happened. Only the characters and the fact that the dissection occurred are real.

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