''The East and the West'' or ''Prachya o Paschatya'' is a book written by
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...
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In this book Swami Vivekananda made a comparative study of eastern and Western cultures.
Synopsis
The book is divided into six chapters (excluding introduction).
# ''Introduction''
# ''Customs: Eastern and Western''
# ''Food and cooking''
# ''Civilisation in dress''
# ''Etiquette and manners''
# ''France — Paris''
# ''Progress in Civilisation''
Vivekananda told the culture, the social customs of India is quite different from the Western countries. He claimed that religion (''dharma'') is the foundation of India.
Publication
This writing was first published in 1900–01 in the magazine ''
Udbodhan
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'' in two different issues.
Later in 1909, the writing was published as a book by the Vedanta Society in
New York City
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References
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Works by Swami Vivekananda
1909 non-fiction books
Books about yoga