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Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Born

in Kishoreganj (now in Bangladesh), British Indian Ocean Territory

November 23, 1897

Died

August 01, 1999

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Nirad C. Chaudhuri (Bangla: নীরদ চন্দ্র চৌধুরী Nirod Chôndro Choudhuri) was a Bengali−English writer and cultural commentator. He was born in 1897 in Kishoreganj, which today is part of Bangladesh but at that time was part of Bengal, a region of British India.

He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 1975 for his biography on Max Müller called Scholar Extraordinary, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters. In 1992, he was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with the title of Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE). His 1965 work The Continent of Circe earned him the Duff Cooper Memorial Award, becoming the first and only Indian to be selected for the prize.

In 1951 he published his most famous b ...more

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	The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Ian Jack 3.84 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 1951 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of India 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	আত্মঘাতী বাঙালী 3.67 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thy Hand, Great Anarch! India, 1921-1952 4.22 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	বাঙালী জীবনে রমণী 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Live or not to live 3.46 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hinduism: A Religion to Live By 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autobiography of an Unknown indian Part 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	আমার দেবোত্তর সম্পত্তি 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	আত্মঘাতী রবীন্দ্রনাথ 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I understood the life around me better, not from love, which everybody acknowledges to be a great teacher, but from estrangement, to which nobody has attributed the power of reinforcing insight”
― Nirad C. Chaudhuri

tags: estrangement, inspiration, life, lifelessons, teacher

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“What is attributed to him politically is pure myth.”
― Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Autobiography of an Unknown Indian: Part II

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“পরবর্তী যুগে হিন্দু সতীত্ব ও পাতিব্ৰত্য লইয়া বহু আলােচনা হইয়াছিল, উহার বড়াইও কম হয় নাই। কিন্তু পুরাতন রচনায় ইহার কোনও আলােচনা নাই, উল্লেখও অত্যন্ত কম। গার্হস্থ্যজীবনে স্ত্রীলােকের সতীত্ব ও পাতিব্ৰত্য এ-রকম একটা মামুলী আচরণ বলিয়া ধরা হইত যে, উহা নরনারীর সম্পর্কিত ‘আইডিওলজি’র অন্তর্ভুক্তই হয় নাই। পাশ্চাত্ত্য প্রভাব আসিবার পর এই প্রাচীন হিন্দু ধারণাকে পাশ্চাত্ত্য প্রেমের 'অ্যান্টিথিসিস' হিসাবে দাঁড় করানাে হইয়াছিল। কামই যে নরনারীর সম্পর্কের মূল কথা ইহার বিরুদ্ধে আপত্তি ভােলা পূর্বযুগে আবশ্যক মনে হয় নাই। বরঞ্চ স্বাভাবিক বলিয়া মানিয়া শুধু একটু মশলাদার করিয়া পরিবেশন করা হইত।”
― Nirad C. Chaudhuri, বাঙালী জীবনে রমণী

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