Description
A fiercely independent memoir, this autobiography traces one man’s life from the Bengali countryside to the intellectual ferment of Calcutta, using personal memory as a lens on the making of modern India. Across four carefully shaped books, the author reflects on his encounters with colonial rule and the West, revealing how cultural contact can both unsettle and illuminate a self. Blending historical observation with candid self-scrutiny, the narrative explores identity, education, language, and the moral complexities of belonging to a changing world. Celebrated for its sharp prose and penetrating psychological insight, the book stands as a landmark account of how an individual mind absorbs—and resists—the forces of empire and modernity.
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paperback
University of California Press
Published Jan 1, 2021
520 pages
ISBN: 9780520370326
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Details
First Published
1951
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad C. Chaudhuri.