Excerpt from Pictures of Indian Life This is a collection of the Life and select writings of Babu Shishir Kumar Ghose the founder of the Amrita Bazar Patrika. The biography of Shishir Kumar should itself prove a mine of Indian political information and contains a full account of the Indian Administration and the reforms introduced by Lords Northbrook, Lytton, Ripon, Dufferin and others; and when one such comes to be written the world will see how this great man was able to influence all these high officials and thereby contributed his share to the building of the Indian Nation. The essays and anecdotes included in this volume are written on every conceivable subject and his political writings are so exhaustive and of such perennial interest that they are always a source of inspiration and guidance. A peculiar vein of humour and originality runs through his writings and combined with freshness and vigour they are of enduring value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.