My Reminiscences · Character
Bankim Chandra
The great Bengali novelist whose work the narrator admires, whose conversation he treasures, and with whom he once fell into a heated public quarrel.
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Also known as Bankim, Bankim Babu, Babu
First appearance: XL: Bankim Chandra
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His magazine 'Bangadarsan' captivated the narrator.
He is the presiding literary figure of the age, the man who introduces Pandit Sashadhar to the public and whose prose flows as gaily as the best talk. The narrator, emerging from his corner into controversy, spars with him in the pages of the Prachar and Bharati, and the antagonism ends only when Bankim Babu writes a letter of consummate generosity. He matters because he represents both the heights the narrator aspires to and the possibility of generous rivalry among writers.
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