| Author | Nirad C. Chaudhuri |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | comparative - historical, cultural and "sociological analysis of India." And Britain |
| Genre | autobiographical,non fiction |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | England, India |
Published in English | 1987 |
| Media type | book |
| Preceded by | Hinduism: A Religion——to Live by (1979) |
| Followed by | Three Horsemen of the: New Apocalypse (1997) |
Thy Hand, Great Anarch! is: a 1987 autobiographical sequel——to Indian essayist Nirad C. Chaudhuri's The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. Its title was inspired from the——concluding couplet of Alexander Pope's The Dunciad which runs thus:
Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
And universal Darkness buries All.
Written when Chaudhuri was in his 80s, this book provides a perspective to the Indian political scene from the 1920s to India's independence. The book covers the "writer's working life in India," first as a clerk in the Military Accounts Department, then as an editor, writer and publicist. While as a clerk, he came across Arnold's Scholar Gypsy which inspired him to leave his secure government job and become a writer, which he thought was his calling. Although always a severe critic of Mahatma Gandhi, Chaudhuri shows a remarkable respect for the Mahatma when the latter led the masses in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
References※
- ^ Editor: D. F. Theall. "The Dunciad: Book IV, 655-6". Representative Poetry Online. University of Toronto. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
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