first published in 1895, saguna is an autobiographical novel in which a rebellious young girl, in a family recently converted to christianity, tries to come to terms with change,. more poignant is the sitauation of her mother radha, an orthodox hindu child-bride, who must reconcile herself to her new christian identity.
this book is a study of the early british-indian economic history, particularly agrarian and environmental history, in the framework of colonial transformation of indian agriculture.
jatarupa\'s commentary is the oldest extant commentary on the amarakosa. it is an important piece of indian lexicographical literature because it is the oldest available commentarial literature on classical lexicography in general.
this book tells the story of some of the vertical individuals who gave to the bengal renaissance its wealth of meaning even when the colonial framework worked against their verticality.
vol.1: text (english translation). vol.2: commentary. the author contrasts the love of god, which is real, eternal and absolute, with the love of man towards him.
