Author Archive

Kabir

Humayun Kabir (1906-1969) was an Indian educationist, writer and politician from Bengal. He wrote in both Bengali and English, and his works include Bāṅlāra Kābya and Sreshtha Prabandha. He later served as a Union Minister in the Government of India.

39 summaries in the archive

Education The Teaching of Social Sciences in India, 1947-67 – Kabir Kabir

Kabir argues that social science teaching in India remained colonial in content and method after independence.

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History Of Science Science and State – Kabir Kabir

A detailed overview of Kabir's Science and State is being prepared and will be published here soon.

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Cultural Studies An Indian Looks at American Education – Kabir Kabir

An Indian Looks at American Education is a short book by the Indian educationist and public figure Humayun…

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Education Education in New India – Kabir Kabir

Humayun Kabir’s Education in New India gathers mid-1950s essays on rebuilding Indian education after independence from inside the…

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Economics Britain and India – Kabir Kabir

Britain and India is a short English-language book by Humayun Kabir that runs to only 39 pages.

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Education Student Indiscipline – Kabir Kabir

Humayun Kabir's 1954 essay examines the causes of student unrest and proposes remedies to safeguard India's national future.

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Literature Green and Gold – Kabir Kabir

A collection of mystic verses exploring the divine as a weaver of existence, emphasizing love and awareness.

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Cultural Studies Lessons of Indian History – Kabir Kabir

History is not a mere chronicle of events but a storehouse of lessons — patterns of success and…

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Anthropology India’s Heritage – Kabir Kabir

Humayun Kabir’s India’s Heritage uses Kabir as a central witness to India’s composite spiritual tradition.

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Philosophy The Indian Heritage – Kabir Kabir

The Indian Heritage is a short book of cultural history by Humayun Kabir, published by Asia Publishing House.

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Hinduism Men and Rivers – Kabir Kabir

Humayun Kabir's Men and Rivers is a novel of village life in East Bengal, built around an ancient…

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Autobiography Humayun Kabir – Kabir Kabir

This is a collection of essays by Humayun Kabir, written in the middle of the twentieth century and…

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Biography Mirza Abu Talib Khan – Kabir Kabir

A biography reconstructing the mental world of an eighteenth-century Indo-Persian traveler who gave a detailed Asian account of…

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Biography Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Kabir Kabir

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: A Memorial Volume is a collection of tributes, essays, and reminiscences brought together in…

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Medieval History Rabindranath Tagore – Kabir Kabir

This is a translation, by Rabindranath Tagore with the assistance of Evelyn Underhill, of a selection of poems…

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