George Bernard Shaw Famous English Author In Bombay, 1933 Photo
A 1933 photo of the famous English author and Nobel Laureate George Bernard Shaw in Bombay. Shaw received the prestigious Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. His books and plays are still popular to this day. Some of his works include- Pygmalion, Man And Superman, The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism And Capitalism, and so on.
George Bernard Shaw was on a world tour when he arrived in Bombay in 1933. He acknowledges the huge crowd that had turned out to see him. Socialist in thought he had empathy for the Indian freedom struggle. And was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi describing him “He is the sort of man who is born, perhaps, once in several centuries, a very marvelous personality.” Because of their very limited time, Shaw and his wife Charlotte, could not visit other parts of the country.
Read more Bernard Shaw’s interesting Indian visit (1933). See post Mahatma Gandhi & Sarojini Naidu – Press Photo 1939,
Did you know- the 1964 Oscar-winning movie “My Fair Lady” was based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion.
From the collection- 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Art Abstract (#12)., Killick Nixon & Company Mumbai – Old Photo 1900., Vintage Postcard Bangalore Commercial Street 1904., Rachamah or Egyptian Vulture 1790 Copperplate Engraving.
