P. Thankappan Nair
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Articles on the life and work of Henry Derozio, 1809-1831, college teacher, poet, and social reformer from Bengal, India.
John Alexander Chapman was not only a poet, literary critic, and translator, but also the longest-served (1911-1930) Librarian of the Imperial Library. Though his poems are numerous, he could not get recognition as an eminent English poet on account of his penchant for Sakta and other esoteric Indian themes, unintelligible to the ordinary readers. His critical studies of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and other poets made him acceptable to the English readers. The work ...
Calcutta in the 17th Century is the first volume of a Tercentenary History of Calcutta written by Mr. P.T. Nair. The story of the foundation of Calcutta on August 24, 1690 has been told with the help of authentic records for the first time. Most important documents about this event are reproduced with their archaic texts. Job Charnock, the Father of Calcutta, has been portrayed after studying all available primary sources. The East India Company's war with the ...
Calcutta in the 19 Century (Company's Days) sets at rest your hunt for rare books on the history of Charnock's City which is getting ready to celebrate its tercentenary. Accounts of Calcutta from thirty five rare books are here presented to provide source materials for Calcutta's history. Numerous selections from the contemporary press were made in the past for the study of Bengal renaissance but Calcutta, which gave birth to that epoch, was overlooked by the ...
South Indians in Kolkata evaluates the contributions of the Kannadigas, Konkanis, Malayalees, Tamilians and Telugus to the cultural panorama and cosmopolitanism of this great metropolis in its historical perspective. Ballala Sen and other Sena rulers of Bengal in the 11th-13th century came from Karnataka. The Mysore Garden is the contribution of the Kannadigas to Calcutta. Idli, dosa, Rasam, etc. also are their contribution to the world. The Konkanis produced ...
Echoes from Belvedere : Home of National Library, Kolkata, recalls the history of the most talked about heritage building of the metropolis which was not only a mute witness to the rise and fall of the British Empire in India but also the home of the empire-builders. The stirring times of Warren Hastings, the great Proconsul, and his arch-enemy, Philip Francis, are dealt with; with the help of original documents. The Hastings-Francis duel is retold here in the ...
Fifteen foreigners setting out in the 18th century to discover Calcutta! How did Charnock's City impress them? In Calcutta in the 18th Century: Impressions of Travellers are collected their queer accounts in their own quaint language. The accounts are reproduced verbatim here for the sake of readers who need not, any more, hunt those rare books and journals, Biographical details given by the compiler will enable them to study these accounts in their proper ...
B.S. Kesavan, the first National Librarian of India, was a legend in his life-time, for his magic wand transformed the Imperial Library into the National Library of India in the best traditions of Indian life and culture, raising its stature on par with other national Libraries of world. Belevedere, the mansion of Warren Hastings, the great Governor-General of India, became in the hands of Mr. Kesavan, the finest library building for housing the priceless ...