Sunday, November 24, 2013
Last two hundred years or so the British Isles have been famous for producing outstanding missionaries. The great men are Cecil Tyndale – Biscoe of Kashmir. Tyndale- Biscoe and about his remarkable work and influence as a Schoolmaster in Kashmir. Kashmir that beautiful country of mountains and lakes, of valleys and rivers.
This book, carrying as it does the impress of his personality, many who never had the privilege of knowing him, will be able to see for them what the secret of that achievement was.
Biscoe came here at a time when Kashmiris were steeped in ignorance and apathy which is generally attributes of a backward community. Biscoe is out to kindle a spark of enlightenment and liberal knowledge and immediately came up against prejudice, superstition and social taboos.
Tyndale –Biscoe in Kashmir is a rewarding treatise on Canon Tyndale Biscoe’s ambitions and activities in Kashmir, on his bold confrontations and distinct successes, on the sustained metamorphosis Kashmir had under his influence.
Today Canon Tyndale- Biscoe is no more amongst us but his memory lives enshrined in our hearts and traditions of selfless service that he has created will never die.
Also you will find in references to lance Cecil Tyndale- Biscoe’s wife.
INTRODUCTION BY SHAFI AHMAD QADRI
Shafi Ahmad Qadri passed his matriculation from CMS Tyndale Biscoe School and passed his B.Sc (Hons) from Pratap College, Srinagar. Afterwards he joined CMS School as in charge Biology Section. Then, he left for Dehradun and did his training in Forestry in Northern Forest College. On his return he was appointed as Range Officer in J&K Forest department. Currently he is working as Assistant conservator of Forests, Jammu and Kashmir Govt.
Book: Tyndale – Biscoe of Kashmir –An Autobiography
Introduction by Shafi Ahmad Qadri
ISBN: 81-86714-62-6
Language: English
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