Village Life in Bengal Hindu Customs in Bengal

About the Book

India is a modern country of some two hundred million people intermingled with a timeless country of 800 million souls. Understanding Modern India is not all that difficult as it is much like the United States. However, even in modern India, people retain many of the religious beliefs and superstitions which they have absorbed from timeless India. Village Life in Bengal by Tara Krishna Basu and Hindu Customs in Bengal by Besanta Koomar Bose, describe part of the life which exists just under the surface of modern India.

About the Author

Richard Stevenson is a Member of The Asiatic Society of Calcutta and a former scientific advisor to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has traveled widely in Bengal and India. He lives and works in Mesa, Arizona.