K. D. SETHNA
was educated at St. Xavier's School and College in Bombay. During his M.A. studies he felt an inner call to join the Sri Aurobindo Ashram of Integral Yoga at Pondicherry, where Sri Aurobindo gave him the name Amal Kiran or 'Clear Ray' and where, presently at age 95, he resides to this day. Since 1949 he has edited Mother India, a Review of Culture, first a fortnightly and now a monthly. He has lectured on poetry at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. His interests have ranged from literature, philosophy, mystical and spiritual as well as scientific thought to topics of ancient Indian history and current international no less than national questions.
A select bibliography of his major works:
Evolving India: Essays On Cultural Issues
The Indian Spirit And The World's Future
The Problem Of Aryan Origins: From An Indian Point Of View
Talks On Poetry
The Poetic Genius Of Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo - The Poet
The Spirituality Of The Future: A Search Apropos Of R. C. Zaehner's Study In Sri Aurobindo And Teilhard De Chardin
"Two Loves" And "A Worthier Pen": The Enigmas Of Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Obscure And The Mysterious: A Research In Mallarme's Symbolist Poetry
Blake's Tyger: A Christological Interpretation
The Vision And Work Of Sri Aurobindo
Our Light And Delight: Recollections Of Life With The Mother Of Sri Aurobindo's Ashram
Ligiit And Laughter: Some Talks At Pondicherry
The English Language And The Indian Spirit: Correspondence With Kathleen Raine
Indian Poets And English Poetry:
Further Correspondence With Kathleen Raine (In The Press)