[ilds] An Indian View of an Indian View: Durrell’s India

[sharbani banerjee(mukherjee)]

David has a point there. With the British Raj ending in 1947.  and Durrell
being an employee of the British High Commission....it could have been a
deterrent.
Best
Sharbani
On 18-Nov-2015 1:48 am, "Denise Tart & David Green" <dtart at bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

> It is interesting then that Durrell never went back to India. Are there
> theories, scholarly or otherwise about this? Was a Tibet of the mind
> enough?did Indian independence have anything to do with it?
>
> David.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 18 Nov 2015, at 5:38 am, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) <
> sharbanibm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, James.....you are right. Taoism always reminded Durrell of the maroon
> clothed Tibetan ascetics of the Himalayan hills of Darjeeling and Kurseong
> where he spent a part of his childhood and brought within him a sense of
> peace and tranquility.
> All the best always
> Sharbani
> On 17-Nov-2015 7:53 pm, "James Gifford" <james.d.gifford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If I might add, Ray Morrison's /A Smile in His Mind's Eye/ also
>> extensively discusses Durrell and Taoism, as does his last article, which
>> appeared in /Mosaic/.
>>
>> /Pied Piper of Lovers/ is a fascinating novel.  I believe Gulshan first
>> gave the paper at one of Corinne Alexandre-Garner's conferences in Paris.
>>
>> All best,
>> James
>>
>> On 2015-11-16 11:41 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) wrote:
>>
>>> Durrell's Indian influence is especially marked in AQ. Carol Pierce's
>>> articles on Durrell's leanings towards Taoism have also hidhlighted
>>> this. Ian's Biography is also a pointer.
>>>
>>> On 17-Nov-2015 11:07 am, "Sumantra Nag" <sumantranag at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:sumantranag at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     http://ebc.revues.org/2477
>>>
>>>     Gulshan Taneja's paper appears to be a significant, wide ranging
>>>     inquiry into Lawrence Durrell's connection with India and the
>>>     continuing if latent influence of India on his spiritual perspective
>>>     of the world. People familiar with the work of Ian MacNiven and
>>>     others mentioned in the paper, might of course be familiar with the
>>>     material in this paper, which might also be included in existing
>>>     collections of the literature on Durrell.
>>>
>>>     There are some enlightening revelations, such as Durrell's wish to
>>>     get Justine translated into Bengali by a prominent Bengali writer. I
>>>     have often felt that in the AQ at least, Durrell writes with the
>>>     colour and intensity I would associate with a Bengali writer!
>>>
>>>     Regards
>>>
>>>     Sumantra Nag
>>>
>>>     Sent from my Asus Zenfone
>>>
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