Thursday, September 11, 2008
Landmark book profiles 20 Indian women who used art to transform lives
Eighty-one years after the publication of Katherine Mayo's ‘Mother India' comes Stephen P. Huyler's ‘Daughters of India: Art and Identity.' No two books could be more different.
Mayo's book had an enormous influence on the Western colonial view of India, arguably preventing grant of Dominion Status as early as in 1927, and in an indirect manner paving the way for The Partition.
Huyler's ‘Daughters of India' should have an even greater long term influence. It can go a long way towards easing the pain and healing.
Mahatma Gandhi described Mayo's book as ‘a drain inspector's report.'
New Age guru, Deepak Chopra wrote of Huyler's ‘Meeting God': "This is a book that simply glows with light and life. The Hindu world that Stephen Huyler shows us is luminous, suffused with spirituality, and deeply inspiring."
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Mayo's book had an enormous influence on the Western colonial view of India, arguably preventing grant of Dominion Status as early as in 1927, and in an indirect manner paving the way for The Partition.
Huyler's ‘Daughters of India' should have an even greater long term influence. It can go a long way towards easing the pain and healing.
Mahatma Gandhi described Mayo's book as ‘a drain inspector's report.'
New Age guru, Deepak Chopra wrote of Huyler's ‘Meeting God': "This is a book that simply glows with light and life. The Hindu world that Stephen Huyler shows us is luminous, suffused with spirituality, and deeply inspiring."
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Dominion Status, influence, Katherine Mayo, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother India, Stephen P Huyler
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