Rural Reconstruction and Rabindranath

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Poet\'s concept of education and experiment at Santiniketan. 2. Co-operative movement: Silaidaha, Patisar and Sriniketan. 3. Sriniketan: a mission of the poet -- some aspects of health care. 4. Regeneration of rural economy: The Sriniketan experiment. 5. Rabindranath and environment. Index.

"Much has been written on Rabindranath\'s life and literary genius. But his work for national reconstruction has not attracted many scholars. There is hardly half a dozen books on the subject. They are popular introductions and not comprehensive in their scope. The present work has attempted an in depth study of Rabindranath\'s work of reconstruction, his thoughts and deeds.

The layout of this book is in this order: education, co-operation, health care, agriculture, handicrafts and environment. Each of these chapters are well researched and well thought out." (jacket)