I bow to thee, Mother! Rich with thy swift-flowing streams, bright with thy orchard blossoms, cool with thy balmy winds, dark with the harvests of…Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
“Traveller, have you lost your way?”
“Traveller, have you lost your way?”
— BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE
Bengali novelist · 1838 – 1894
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee pioneered the Bengali novel with works such as Durgeshnandini, Kapalkundala and Anandamath. Anandamath gave India the hymn Vande Mataram, which became a rallying song of the freedom movement. He is regarded as the father of the modern Bengali novel.
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