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

[Kennedy Gammage]

Did he have any close friends there?

Cheers - Ken

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 5:52 PM, sharbani banerjee(mukherjee) <
sharbanibm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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