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The Bengal Renaissance: Raja Ram Mohan and the Reform Movement
We trace the intellectual awakening of nineteenth-century Calcutta, moving past the colonial battles to explore how local thinkers reshaped Indian society. The episode centers on Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a polyglot visionary who founded the Brahmo Samaj and challenged orthodox practices like sati while advocating for women’s rights and rational education. We examine his translation of the Upanishads into Bengali, his journal Satyadharma Prabhakar, and the complex tensions between modernization and tradition that defined the era. Alongside him, we look at Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s campaign for…
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