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"Dans l'Inde (de Ceylan au Népal)" by Désirée Sylvain-Lévi is a travelogue written in the early 20th century. It traces a journey from Ceylon through India toward Nepal, blending vivid travel impressions with keen observations of religion, art, education, and the colonial politics of the Non-Cooperation era, especially around Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan. The focus is on landscapes, temples, daily life, and encounters with scholars, monks, artists, and reformers seen by a perceptive French traveler accompanying a Sanskritist.
The opening of the book follows the narrator’s arrival in Ceylon, quick impressions of Colombo and Kandy, and a move to southern India where the living temples of Madura overwhelm her imagination. She then reaches Calcutta and, above all, Santiniketan, where Tagore greets them with songs, sandal paste, and garlands, and classes meet under trees. Settling into simple quarters, she teaches French while her companion gives Sanskrit and Buddhist lectures; they
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