Lover of Light Among Luminaries Dilip Kumar Roy

Author(s): Amruta Paresh Patel
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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A LOVER OF LIGHT AMONG LUMINARIES : Dilip Kumar Roy The Fuller Portraits:Through different books, he has presented the extensive portraits of Sri Aurobindo, Yogi Sri Krishnaprem. Subhas Chandra Bose and Indira Devi. Character Sketches:His contact with innumerable persons of the world has enabled him to draw brief sketches of such eminent persons as Romain Rolland, Bertrand Russell, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Ramana Maharshi etc. Fictionalized Biographies:Dilip Roy's love for literary art has led him to present biographies in the forms of drama (Sri Chaitanya, Mira), novel (Upward Spiral, Miracles Do Still Happen) and also poetry (Hark! His Flute!, Eyes of Light).
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In the next two parts, the study of each of these types is undertaken.
Notes: 1. Dilip Kumar Roy and Indira Devi, Pilgrims of the Stars, (1973; rpt. Porthill,
Timeless Books, 1985),pp. 26-32. Dilip Kumar Roy, Yogi Sri Krishnaprem, 3rd ed. (Bombay:Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1992), p.xxii.
ibid., xxii. 4. Roy and Devi, Pilgrims, p. 34.
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