Nivedita Lokmata 3 by Shankari Prasad Basu [Hardcover]

Researcher's dedication to accuracy, historian's eye for truth, and writer's intellect—this rare confluence is achieved in Shankari Prasad Basu's monumental work 'Nivedita Lokmata'. Not just an introduction to parts, this book presents a comprehensive overview of Sister Nivedita's life in sections. The third volume of this remarkable book has been published. This part concludes the exploration of Nivedita's unique role in the political and social aspects of India's national movement. Although her tenure of activity in India was only a decade, its breadth and depth far surpassed this time frame.

Shankari Prasad has meticulously examined Nivedita's vast number of letters, resulting news, various writings, different memoirs, and contemporary newspapers to present a new and astonishing image of Nivedita, previously unknown. He has shown what Nivedita's true role was in the Swadeshi movement. He has depicted how Nivedita sent news about extreme oppression of revolutionaries, deprivation of personal freedom, and suppression of the press in India to England, how she organized support for the Swadeshi movement there, how she turned the 'Statesman' newspaper into a nationalist one (resulting in the then editor's removal), how she worked to prevent Sri Aurobindo's arrest both domestically and internationally, and what role she played in Sri Aurobindo's escape. He has shown how she portrayed high-ranking English officials, from the police commissioner to the lieutenant governor-general, as bribe-takers, and how she changed the common perception about the liberal Secretary of State for India, Lord Morley.

He has illustrated Nivedita's profound sense of history and international political insight, and how she challenged the backward racial theories with her writings. This book is filled with surprises—sometimes providing justified answers to old controversies, sometimes provoking new ones. The narrative of this book is intertwined with the national movement. Therefore, the discussion of the nature and form of this movement includes many new relevant pieces of information. These revelations will change the perception of many famous leaders of the Swadeshi movement. A rare collection of facsimiles and pictures adds to the book's unique attraction.