# Rammohun and the Brahmos

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**Author:** Pradip Sen
 **Pages:** 37 **Year of Publication:** 1994 **Price:** HB
Rs 80, FB Rs 60 **ISBN:** HB 81-7189-722-3 (8171897223) FB 81-7189-723-1 (8171897231)

**_About the Author:_**
 Pradip Sen was born in 1926 and did his education from 
St. Xavier’s School and College, Calcutta. He married Aloka De in 1950 and has two
sons and a daughter. After a lifetime in commerce he has now retired and lives in
Bangalore, where he spends his time writing poetry.

**_Teaser:_**

[_From Part I: Rammohun Roy_]

What was he like, the great Rammohun
 Father of modern India, founder of the Brahmo
Samaj, What manner of man he, Now just a slab in a Bristol cemetery? Born 1722 died
1833 of hallowed memory, Overshadowed today, you might say, by those who came after;
Intrepid seeker, implacable enemy of suttee Scholar, linguist, tireless pamphleteer,
Combining the best of Hindu, Islamic and Christian thought, Was he all that he is
made out to be? Born at Radhanagar, a village in Bengal, Fifteen years after Plassey,
into a Brahmin zamindari family; The Roys were a privileged lot, whose forbears 
Had served the Moguls and been rewarded suitably. But times were hard, famine in
the land, marauding bands, Sanyasis in rebellion, anarchy and superstition, Hindu
society caste-ridden, infanticide and suttee, A ghastly form of suicide, The Muslim
elite powerless, effete, And John Company in endless pursuit of profit. How did 
the young Rammohun react?

**_Contents:_**
 Long Historical Poem in Three Parts