11-09-2006, 10:17 AM
<b>Shri Dharampal passed away</b>
Shri Dharampal, the author of "The Beautiful Tree" and "Indian Science
and Technology in the Eighteenth Century", among other seminal works,
passed away on 24th October at Sevagram (Gandhi's ashram) near Wardha
(Maharashtra). The cremation was held at Sevagram on the 26th.
His books are based on British documents of surveys conducted in
India. He excelled at dispelling colonial myths about India and at
bringing out the real strengths, achievements and working of the
Indian society. His complete works were published a few years ago by
Other India Press, Goa, in six volumes.
"Today India is more illiterate than it was fifty or hundred years ago."
- Gandhiji at the Royal Institute of International Affairs , London, Oct 1931
"The British would like us to believe that it [India] was very, very
backward, but their own records show that this was far from the case."
- Makarand Paranjape, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University
A collection of online articles on Shri Dharampal, his work and books
is available at:
http://www.eshiusa.org/TheBeautifulTreeArticles.htm.
For more information about Shri Dharampal and his seminal work, please
contact Center for Indian Knowledge System (http://www.ciks.org),
Samanvaya (http://www.samanvaya.com/) or Sevagram, Wardha.
Shri Dharampal, the author of "The Beautiful Tree" and "Indian Science
and Technology in the Eighteenth Century", among other seminal works,
passed away on 24th October at Sevagram (Gandhi's ashram) near Wardha
(Maharashtra). The cremation was held at Sevagram on the 26th.
His books are based on British documents of surveys conducted in
India. He excelled at dispelling colonial myths about India and at
bringing out the real strengths, achievements and working of the
Indian society. His complete works were published a few years ago by
Other India Press, Goa, in six volumes.
"Today India is more illiterate than it was fifty or hundred years ago."
- Gandhiji at the Royal Institute of International Affairs , London, Oct 1931
"The British would like us to believe that it [India] was very, very
backward, but their own records show that this was far from the case."
- Makarand Paranjape, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University
A collection of online articles on Shri Dharampal, his work and books
is available at:
http://www.eshiusa.org/TheBeautifulTreeArticles.htm.
For more information about Shri Dharampal and his seminal work, please
contact Center for Indian Knowledge System (http://www.ciks.org),
Samanvaya (http://www.samanvaya.com/) or Sevagram, Wardha.