Nirad C Chaudhuri

Essays

The Women Power Centres of the Gandhian Congress

The Women Power Centres of the Gandhian Congress

In this episode, Nirad C Chaudhuri recounts his observations of the women in the close circles of the Gandhian Congress Party.

A Peek into the Congress Working Committee Under Mohandas Gandhi’s Dictatorship

A Peek into the Congress Working Committee Under Mohandas Gandhi’s Dictatorship

The Bengali writer Nirad C Chaudhuri recounts his eyewitness experience of a typical meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The picture he paints is not pretty.

The Cost of Feeding Mohandas Gandhi: Ask Sarat Chandra Bose

The Cost of Feeding Mohandas Gandhi: Ask Sarat Chandra Bose

In 1932, Mohandas Gandhi stayed for several weeks in the home of Sarat Chandra Bose in Calcutta as his esteemed guest. This essay contains some revealing details drawn from an eyewitness account of the proceedings.