Chitta Ranjan Das (1923–2011) was a creative seeker and transformative thinker who was engaged with manifold creative experiments in education, literature, cultural creativity and social criticism. He pioneered the integral education movement in Odisha following his earlier experiment in starting an experimental school named Jeevana Vidyalaya (School of Life) in mid-1950s. Chitta Ranjan helped many alternative groups of social action and co-realisations blossom. He wrote on many different challenges of self-development, social transformations and human evolution. This essay presents a glimpse into the creative life and works of Chitta Ranjan and explores his universal significance as a friend of our fragile world.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1951). Achyutananda O Panchasakha Dharma. (Achyutananda and the Religion of the Panchasakhas). Shantiniketan, Biswabharathi: Department of Oriya Research.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1952). Odisara Mahima Dharma (The Mahima Dharma of Odisha). Shantiniketan, Biswabhrati: Department of Oriya Research.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1961). Tagore, An Appreciation. In Chitta Ranjan Das (Forthcoming a).
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1971). Jangala Chithi. (Letters from the Forest). Cuttack: Shantiniketan.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1972). Rajakumar. (translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s, The Little Prince). Cuttack: Vidyapuri.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1977). Utsa Nirupanara Roga. In Maa Nishada. Berhampur: Pustaka Bhandara.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1979). Jatire Mu Jabana. (I am an Outsider by Caste). Berhampur: Pustaka Bhandara.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1981). Odiya Sahityara Sanskrutika Bikashadhara. (The Cultural Development of Oriya Literature). Bhubaneswar: Orissa Text Book Bureau.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (1982a). A Glimpse into Oriya Literature. Bhubaneswar: Orissa Sahitya Akademi.
Das, Chitta Ranjan (2004a). Brahma Tatilani Para. (The Brahma Has Got Heated Up). Bhubaneswar: Agragamee.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2004b). Mahimandalara Gita, Sri Arakhita Das, EKa Adhyana. (The Gita of the World, A Study of Sri Arakhita Das). Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sahitya Akademi.
Das, Chitta Ranjan (2004e). Siksha: Manushyara Dharma. (Education: The Religion of Man, translation of Tagore’s book on education). Bhubaneswar: Siskhasandhan.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2005a). Sataku Sata Ma. (Truly a Mother). Cuttack: Suhrut Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2005b). Khya Ru A. (From Khya to A). Bhubaneswar: Siskhasandhan.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (Ed.) 2005c. Biswa Parikrama. (Insights from the World). Bhubaneswar: Siskhasandhan.
Das, Chitta Ranjan (2007d). Au Eka Drustire. (In Another Perspective) (originally published in 1990). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2007e). Kristen Kold: A Revolutionary in Education and Pioneer of the Danish Folk High School Movement. Translated from the original Oriya by Ananta Kumar Giri. Delhi: Shipra.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2007f). Letters from the Forest [Translation of Jangala Chithi by Dipti Ranjan Pattnaik]. New Delhi: National Book Trust.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2008a). Preeti Hudile Bheeti. (There is Fear When You Lose Love). Cuttack: Utkalika.
Das, Chitta Ranjan (2008c). Manaku Stiri Besha Kari. (Making One’s Mind a Woman). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2008d). Mithya Birudhare Manisha. (Man Against Myth, translated). New Delhi: National Book Trust.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009a). Jangala Bhitaru Rasta. (Pathways from the Forest). Bhubaneswar: Siskhasandhan.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009b). Se Prastharu E Prasthaku. (From That Dimension to This). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009c). Guatama Buddhanka Amara Vicharachaya. (Living Thoughts of Gotama The Buddha, translated). New Delhi: National Book Trust.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009d). Rabindra Katipaya. (Some Poems from Tagore, translation and transcreation). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009e). Benedict Spinoza: An Appreciation. Delhi: Shipra.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2009f). ‘Afterword’. In Ananta Kumar Giri (Ed.), The Modern Prince and the Modern Sage: Transforming Power and Freedom. (pp. 576–82). Delhi: Sage.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2010a). Byakti o Byaktitya. (Person and Personality). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2010b). Gautama Buddha o Odisha. Bartika. October, Puja Special.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (2010c). Yoga Samanyaa Prabeshika. (An Entrance to Synthesis of Yoga). Bhubaneswar: Pathika Prakashani.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (Forthcoming a). On the Side of Life In Spite of.
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Das, Chitta Ranjan (Forthcoming b). Adventures in Education: Vistas and Variations.
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Ghode, Ramesh (Ed.) (2010). Masterstroke: Letters of Professor Chitta Ranjan Das (Chittada). Nagpur: Nistha Publications.
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