Freedom Through Disobedience
Book Author C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
DescriptionChittaranjan Das (C. R. Das) was popularly called Deshbandhu "Friend of the country". He was an Indian politician and leader of the Swaraj (Independence) Party in Bengal under British rule.
Das's genius was revealed in the field of literature besides politics. He founded and published a literary magazine, Narayan (1914), and composed a number of poetical works. His first collection of poetry, Malancha (1895), raised a storm of protest among Brahmos. He was branded as an atheist, and in 1897 the Brahmo leaders boycotted his marriage. His successive works, Mala (1904), Sagar Sangit (1913), and Kishore-Kishoree and Antaryami (both 1915), reveal a Vaishnava devotionalism.