The Rabindranath Tagore\n Omnibus is a collection of six of Tagore's major works.Two Sister (Dui Bon),\n translated by Krishna Kripalani, was first published in 1943. One of Tagore's\n last novels, it explores the conflict that arises when a man does not find a\n mother-figure and sweetheart in the same woman, the poignancy and disturbing\n truth of the novel, makes it one of Tagore's finest.Sadhana, first published\n in 1913, is a collection of eight essays written during Tagore's six month\n visit to the United States and stemming from his endeavour to provide the\n West with a glimpse of the ancient spirit of India as manifested in its\n sacred texts as well as daily life.Letters to a Friend (1928) is a collection\n of letters written by Tagore to his lifelong friend and follower C.F. Andrews\n between the years 1913 and 1922, providing an intimate glimpse into the mind\n of the great man, as well as the cultural and political milieu of his day.The\n Parrot's Training and Other Stories is a delightful collection of short stories,\n including translations by Surendranath Tagore, Amiya Chakravarty and\n Rabindranath Tagore himself.The King of the Dark Chamber (Raja) was first\n published in 1914. Translated by Kshitish Chandra Sen and revised by Tagore,\n it is a thought-provoking allegory of the eternal spiritual adventure of\n man.Translated by Tagore and first published in 1913, Poems of Kabir is a\n collection of poems by the great Indian poet Kabir (1440-1518), demonstrating\n his mysticism and devotion to the spirit of universal brotherhood.
Somdatta Mandal is Professor and Head of English at the Department of English and Other Modern European Languages, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. Having a teaching career that spans 32 years, she has held several administrative posts in the university. Paper-setter, examiner and adjudicator for doctoral dissertations across several universities in India and the SAARC nations, she has lectured widely in national and international fora. A recipient of several prestigious international fellowships and awards from the Fulbright Foundation, Charles Wallace Trust, Rockefeller Foundation, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Sahitya Akademi, her areas of interest are American literature, contemporary fiction, film and culture studies, diaspora studies and translation. She has published three books, five volumes of translation, edited and co-edited 22 books, published above 90 research articles in national and international journals and anthologies. Somdatta Mandal has published translations of several travel narratives, among which are Krishnabhabini Das?s A Bengali Lady in England (2015); Wanderlust: Travels of the Tagore Family (2014); Durgabati Ghose?s The Westward Traveller (2010) and Hariprabha Takeda?s The Journey of a Bengali Lady to Japan and Other Essays (2017).
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