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Name : Aarti H. VadherSem : 1Paper no : 4 Topic : Henry Derozio and the Making of Indian ModernityRoll no : 9Email id : [email protected] : Department of English, MKBU
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Born : 18 April 1809 Died : 26 December 1831 Occupation : Indian poet and Teacher of
Hindu College, Kolkata Language : English and Bengali Nationality : Indian Ethnicity : Anglo-Indian Genre : academic and educator Literary movement : Bengal Renaissance Notable works : To India – My Native Land
The paper analyzes Derozio’s role in creating an enlightened group called young Bengal who inculcated enlightened habits of mind , ranging from critical inquiry to free thinking atheism, and brought in western modernity to Bengal.
Derozio’s metrical poem The Fakeer of Jungheera and his prose writing reveal his concept of aesthetics and ideas of a syncretistic, democratic culture within early colonialism.
The Making of Indian Modernity
As the initiator of the Bengal Renaissance he campaigned for the abolition of the practice of widow burning (sati) and introduction of widow remarriage.
He spearheaded the Eurasian movement of 1829-30 demanding rights for Eurasians as British subject.
Not only did Derozio’s followers used his ideas of modernity but also other such as Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekanand and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay profited by them
The Bengal Renaissance
The Eurasian Movement
The Making of Indian Modernity
Derozio can offer us a glimpse of the intellectual history and social life of early nineteenth century Bengal.
We now acknowledge that the first few decades of the nineteenth century, the period Derozio occupied, were the pioneering decades that laid the foundation of the Bengal Renaissance in Calcutta, a city dominated by cast and religion .
The Bengal Renaissance
Derozio’s influence on the Bengali society and the Eurasian community of the early nineteenth century was profound.
He eloquently campaigned for the rights of Eurasians as British subject and spearheaded the Eurasian Movement of 1829-30.
The Eurasian Movement
