Edward John Thompson--novelist, poet, journalist, and historian of India--was a liberal advocate for Indian culture and political self-determination at a time when Indian affairs were of little general interest in England. As a friend of Nehru, Gandhi, and other Congress Party leaders, Thompson had contacts that many English officials did not have and did not know how to get. Thus, he was an excellent channel for interpreting India to England and England to India.
Thompson first went to India in 1910 as a Methodist missionary to teach English literature at Bankura Wesleyan College....
Edward John Thompson--novelist, poet, journalist, and historian of India--was a liberal advocate for Indian culture and political self-determinatio...
Tagore, a Bengalese writer, artist and thinker won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature and became an international celebrity. These essays arose from an international Tagore Conference held in London in 1986 which aimed to reassess the range of his achievement and the catholicity of his thought.
Tagore, a Bengalese writer, artist and thinker won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature and became an international celebrity. These essays arose from ...