A Political and Psychological Essay. A Religion to Live By. Published by Oxford University Press, 1979. To Live or Not to Live. This book is one of the finest analyses of Indian life that I have read.
Some reviews follow.
Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books. Mr. Chaudhuri's book is an extraordinary fusion of personal experience and national history. The Atlantic Chaudhuri's book testifies to the vitality of masterpieces that, across centuries, connect men and women who have never met but who take the same things, large and small, seriously. Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker. Incidentally, this book was widely reviewed and I will add references to those as soon I get some time.