Chaudhuri, Nirad Chandra (1897–1999)

Indian writer and broadcaster. He attracted attention with his Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1950) which illuminates the clash of British and Indian civilizations. A first visit to England, previously known to him only through its literature, produced the quirky A Passage to England (1959). Later works include The Continent of Circe (1965), an erudite critique of Indian culture, and Thy Hand Great Anarch (1987), critical of the impact of British culture on India.