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RAJ KAHINI (KING TALES OF RAJASTHAN)

By Abanindranath Tagore

Translated by Debashish Banerji

© Debashish Banerji 2008

Debashish Banerji completed his undergraduate studies in English Literature from the University of Bombay. He served as a cultural correspondent with some of the leading English language newspapers in India. He completed a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and a Ph.D. in Indian Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1991 – 2005 Debashish served as president of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles founded by Dr. Judith Tyberg. Debashish is part of the adjunct faculty of Pasedena City College teaching Art History. Presently, he is Educational Coordinator at the distance-learning graduate level University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles and is Director of the International Center for Integral Studies in New Delhi

King-Tales from Rajasthan: This is a translation of Raj Kahini, the very popular 1905 Bengali literary classic, written by Abanindranath Tagore. The book features nine tales retold from The Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan  by James Todd (1829, 1832). Abanindranath's stories, written at the inception of the Bengali nationalist swadeshi movement, present a psychology of subjective mysticism in their treatment of clan oral history, with an intent to stimulate alternate approaches and ideals for post-modern and anti-colonial resistance. The translations have been made with a careful eye to the subtleties of literary use and subjective nuance.