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'''''The Master as I Saw Him: Being pages of the life of the Swami Vivekananda''''' is a 1910 book written by [[Sister Nivedita]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Boehmer|first=Elleke|title=Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0198184468|pages=38, 42, 53, 65–67, 76, 79, 92, 96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MPMlUS3Zh8C&pg=PA67 }}</ref> The book covers Nivedita's experiences with [[Swami Vivekananda]], whom she met in [[London]] during November 1895. The book was simultaneously published from England and India,<ref name="The master as I saw him : being pages from the life of the Swami Vivekanada (1910)">{{cite web|title=The master as I saw him : being pages from the life of the Swami Vivekanada (1910)|url=https://archive.org/details/masterasisawhimb00niveiala|publisher=arcive.org|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> and ''The Master as I Saw Him'' is now considered to be a classic text.<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Puran|title=The Spirit of Oriental Poetry|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415865751|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQz-AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Shyam Chaurasia|first=Radhey|title=History of Modern India, 1707 A. D. to 2000 A. D|year=2011|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|isbn=8126900857|page=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MS_jrForJOoC&pg=PA321 }}</ref>
'''''The Master as I Saw Him: Being pages of the life of the Swami Vivekananda''''' is a 1910 book written by [[Sister Nivedita]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Boehmer|first=Elleke|title=Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0198184468|pages=38, 42, 53, 65–67, 76, 79, 92, 96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MPMlUS3Zh8C&pg=PA67}}</ref> The book covers Nivedita's experiences with [[Swami Vivekananda]], whom she met in [[London]] during November 1895. The book was simultaneously published from England and India,<ref name="The master as I saw him : being pages from the life of the Swami Vivekanada (1910)">{{cite web|title=The master as I saw him : being pages from the life of the Swami Vivekanada (1910)|url=https://archive.org/details/masterasisawhimb00niveiala|publisher=arcive.org|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> and ''The Master as I Saw Him'' is now considered to be a classic text.<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Puran|title=The Spirit of Oriental Poetry|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415865751|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQz-AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Shyam Chaurasia|first=Radhey|title=History of Modern India, 1707 A. D. to 2000 A. D|year=2011|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|isbn=8126900857|page=321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MS_jrForJOoC&pg=PA321 }}</ref>


In his book ''Indian Traffic'', Parama Roy noted that the book differed from other biographies of Vivekananda in that it "[touched] upon the agonistic, conflictual nature of the guru-disciple relationship" and showed "reticence about his corporeality".<ref>{{cite book|last=Roy|first=Parama|title=Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520204867|pages=92, 123, 200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xp82WhOGBnAC&pg=PA92 }}</ref>
In his book ''Indian Traffic'', Parama Roy noted that the book differed from other biographies of Vivekananda in that it "[touched] upon the agonistic, conflictual nature of the guru-disciple relationship" and showed "reticence about his corporeality".<ref>{{cite book|last=Roy|first=Parama|title=Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520204867|pages=92, 123, 200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xp82WhOGBnAC&pg=PA92 }}</ref>

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The Master as I Saw Him
Title page of the 1910 edition
Title page of 1910 edition
AuthorSister Nivedita
Original titleThe Master as I Saw Him
LanguageEngland, India
SubjectBiography
Pages560 pp

The Master as I Saw Him: Being pages of the life of the Swami Vivekananda is a 1910 book written by Sister Nivedita.[1] The book covers Nivedita's experiences with Swami Vivekananda, whom she met in London during November 1895. The book was simultaneously published from England and India,[2] and The Master as I Saw Him is now considered to be a classic text.[3][4]

In his book Indian Traffic, Parama Roy noted that the book differed from other biographies of Vivekananda in that it "[touched] upon the agonistic, conflictual nature of the guru-disciple relationship" and showed "reticence about his corporeality".[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Boehmer, Elleke (2002). Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction. Oxford University Press. pp. 38, 42, 53, 65–67, 76, 79, 92, 96. ISBN 0198184468.
  2. "The master as I saw him : being pages from the life of the Swami Vivekanada (1910)". arcive.org. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  3. Singh, Puran (2013). The Spirit of Oriental Poetry. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 0415865751.
  4. Shyam Chaurasia, Radhey (2011). History of Modern India, 1707 A. D. to 2000 A. D. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 321. ISBN 8126900857.
  5. Roy, Parama (1998). Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India. University of California Press. pp. 92, 123, 200. ISBN 0520204867.

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