It is a Bengali writer, Babu Rajendralála Mitra, who has said that in ancient times Bengal was the Boeotia of India. And the observation is correct. The contributions of Bengal to that ancient Indian literature which still commands the respect and attention of European scholars, were few and insignificant.
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Literary background of the Christian Africa
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Aesop’s Fables-550 BCE
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. "There's my supper,"…
Love and Death-Sri Aurobindo
Fresh-cheeked and dew-eyed white Priyumvada Opened her budded heart of crimson bloom To love, to Ruru; Ruru, a happy flood Of passion round a lotus dancing thrilled, Blinded with his soul's waves Priyumvada.
Ravindra Rachanavali: List of Ravindranath`s literary works
রবীন্দ্র-রচনাবলী -Ravindra Rachanavali কাব্যগ্রন্থ কবি-কাহিনী (১৮৭৮) বন-ফুল (১৮৮০) ভগ্নহৃদয় (১৮৮১) সন্ধ্যাসংগীত (১৮৮২) প্রভাত সংগীত (১৮৮৩) ছবি ও গান (১৮৮৪) শৈশব সঙ্গীত (১৮৮৪) ভানুসিংহ ঠাকুরের পদাবলী (১৮৮৪) কড়ি ও কোমল (১৮৮৬) মানসী (১৮৯০) চিত্রাঙ্গদা (১৮৯২) সোনার তরী (১৮৯৪) বিদায়-অভিশাপ (১৮৯৪) নদী…
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The Art of War – Sun Tzu
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
THE TRUTH ABOUT EDUCATION
When a man is asked to write down what he really thinks on education, a certain gravity grips and stiffens his soul, which might be mistaken by the superficial for disgust. If it be really true that men sickened of…
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
My friends for some years now have remarked that I am an inveterate consumer of tobacco. That is true, but my habits with regard to tobacco have changed. I have no doubt that you will say, when I have explained…