A Beacon In a Tradition

Our loving city of Kolkata was the predominant capital of the mighty British Raj. It was also the focal source of artistic, scholastic and as well as revolutionary works and ideas from the very onset. Since then, it has witnessed the emergence of an unending band of author in Kolkata. These authors have gifted the Bengali literature with kings’ ransom of treasure and vastness. The list of writer in Kolkata starts from the days of the Raj. History confirms, the British introduced the English language among the natives – as they used to refer to the Indians by that, in order to fill up the petty clerical posts in their administration. this strategy worked as a boon. With gradual spreading of the language and the European education along with it, Kolkata metamorphosed into a pulsating city of vehement creative ideas. The printing technology received heavy boost a short while ago and around this time, it was in full bloom. This facilitated European education of science and philosophy to travel all way to India, more precisely the British capital in the city of Kolkata. Simultaneously, the social developments and progress took place mostly under the influence of Vidyasagar and Keshab Chandra Sen. These factors blended with the oriental mysticism of the Enlightenment of the Soul under the influence of Paramhansa Sri Ramkrishnadev.

Such an electrifying atmosphere led the souls of a great number of young Indians – mostly Bengalis to attain inner wisdom. This propelled them to explore the various creative faculties and as such all aspects of human life got a new lease of life by their Midas touch. This period is rightly classified as the Renaissance of Bengal, which eventually facilitated the Revival of the great Indian nation.

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E. M. Forster's “A Passage to India”: Colonial Representations of India in Prose Fiction

Abstract:

Forster is a distinguished novelist both in modern English and world literature history, all his life his main achievements are six novels and two short story collections. His works provoke criticisms of different viewpoints, among which personal relationships and the theme of separateness, of fences and barriers are the main problems that the author always focuses on. After the author’s two visits to India, the great novel A Passage to India was produced, which continues his previous style, i.e., probing the problem of personal relationship in a more complicated situation, and my article aims at having a comparatively deeper discussion about crisis of human relationship in A Passage to India. Altogether there are certain parts in this article highlighting on the author’s philosophy the imperialism, racialism and colonization in A Passage to India. This article indicates that establishing sincere personal relationship is always Forster’s main concern. However, religious disparity, imperialism, racial prejudice and cultural conflicts turn Forster’s ideal into miserable reality; human’s isolation and separation but temptation to connect is fully demonstrated in A Passage to India.

Introduction:

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