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-09_Bankim – His Literary History.htm

V   His Literary History   BANKIM’S literary activity began for any serious purpose at Khulna, but he had already trifled with poetry in his…

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-61_The Chandranagar Manuscript – In the Society’s Chambers.htm

In the Society’s Chambers   Professor — Let me assure you, my friends, that the method of inquiry is alone responsible for all the error…

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-67_ Epistles – Letters from Abroad – Epistle.htm

Part Seven   Epistles / Letters From Abroad   Sri Aurobindo wrote the first three of these fictional letters in Bengal in 1910. They were…

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-04_Stray Thoughts.htm

    Stray Thoughts     Flowers and trees are the poetry of Nature; the gardener is a romantic poet who has added richness, complexity…

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-34_On Education -The Powers of the Mind.htm

II   The Powers of the Mind   THE INSTRUMENT of the educationist is the mind or antaḥkaraṇa, which consists of four layers. The reservoir…

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-43_On Education – A Preface on National Education.htm

A Preface on National Education   These two chapters appeared in the last two issues of the Arya in 1920 and 1921.   1  …

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-59_The Chandranagar Manuscript – Historical Impressions – French Revolution.htm

Historical Impressions   The French Revolution   The greatness of the French Revolution lies not in what it effected, but in what it thought and…

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-60_The Chandranagar Manuscript – Historical Impressions – Nepoleon.htm

Historical Impressions   Napoleon   The name of Napoleon has been a battle-field for the prepossessions of all sorts of critics, and, according to their…

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-75_Reviews – Sanskrit Research.htm

“Sanskrit Research” 1   THE APPEARANCE of this Anglo-Sanskrit Quarterly "devoted to research work in all fields of Indian Antiquity” is a welcome sign of…

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-48_On Art – An Answer to a Critic.htm

An Answer to a Critic   ONE HAD thought that the Ravi Varma superstition in India had received its quietus. Unsupported by a single competent…

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