Krishna Kripalani (1907 -1990), a freedom fighter, began his career as a teacher in Santiniketan. Between 1933 and1941 he worked in close association with Rabindranath Tagore and edited Visva-Bharati Quarterly, the journal started by Tagore. He was the first seceretary of Sahitya Akademi from 1954 to 1971. A nominated member of Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980, a Padmabhushan receipient, he was also the Chairman of National Book Modern Mahatma, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography, Dwarakanath Tagore, Modern India: Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore are some of his important books.
Ancestry | 1 |
A Wonder-Eyed Child | 11 |
Poet in the Bud | 23 |
The Hearts Jungle | 37 |
Groping | 51 |
Coming of Age | 65 |
Call of the Soil | 79 |
People's Bard | 97 |
Lone Pilgrim | 109 |
Encounter with the West | 122 |
Home and the World | 135 |
The Eagle-Sized Lark | 158 |
East and West | 177 |
Pilgrim-Ambassador | 189 |
Last Harvest | 204 |
The Sunset | 237 |
Bibliography | 267 |
Index | 269 |
Krishna Kripalani (1907 -1990), a freedom fighter, began his career as a teacher in Santiniketan. Between 1933 and1941 he worked in close association with Rabindranath Tagore and edited Visva-Bharati Quarterly, the journal started by Tagore. He was the first seceretary of Sahitya Akademi from 1954 to 1971. A nominated member of Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1980, a Padmabhushan receipient, he was also the Chairman of National Book Modern Mahatma, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biography, Dwarakanath Tagore, Modern India: Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore are some of his important books.
Ancestry | 1 |
A Wonder-Eyed Child | 11 |
Poet in the Bud | 23 |
The Hearts Jungle | 37 |
Groping | 51 |
Coming of Age | 65 |
Call of the Soil | 79 |
People's Bard | 97 |
Lone Pilgrim | 109 |
Encounter with the West | 122 |
Home and the World | 135 |
The Eagle-Sized Lark | 158 |
East and West | 177 |
Pilgrim-Ambassador | 189 |
Last Harvest | 204 |
The Sunset | 237 |
Bibliography | 267 |
Index | 269 |