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Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: An Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2017). Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: An Introduction. In T. Mukherjee, A. Sen, & B. Fraser (Eds.), Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: The Continuum of Ideas (3-29). Santiniketan, W. Bengal, India: Luath Press

The historical relationship between Scotland and India is a relatively unexplored part of colonial history. This project seeks to re-examine the interchange of ideas initiated in the 18th century by the Scottish Enlightenment, and the ways in which t... Read More about Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: An Introduction.

Rabindranath Tagore: An Introduction to their Ideas on Education and the Environment (2017)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2017). Rabindranath Tagore: An Introduction to their Ideas on Education and the Environment. In B. Fraser, T. Mukherjee, & A. Sen (Eds.), Confluence of Minds: The Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes Reader on Education and Environment (1-13). Edinburgh, Scotland: Luath Press

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The Homing Bird (2017)
Book
Fraser, B. (2017). The Homing Bird. Devonshire, UK: Indigo Dreams Publishing

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The New Scots: Migration and Diaspora in Scottish South Asian Poetry (2016)
Book Chapter
Community in Modern Scottish Literature (214-234). Brill Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004317451_013

This chapter examines the poetry of Scottish South Asians, the "New Scots" who bring a whole history of displacement, dislocation and relocation with them, as their memory of the "elsewhere" enters their writing. Their voices are significant as they... Read More about The New Scots: Migration and Diaspora in Scottish South Asian Poetry.

Tagore on the Creative Principle. (2015)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2015). Tagore on the Creative Principle. In I. Chaudhuri (Ed.), Tagore's Vision of the Contemporary World. Haranand Publications/ICCR

Rabindranath Tagore's Global Vision. (2015)
Journal Article
Fraser, B. (2015). Rabindranath Tagore's Global Vision. Literature compass, 12, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12231

This ‘Introduction’ to a special issue on Rabindranath Tagore affirms his position as an Indian Renaissance man and assesses his stature as a leading world writer, philosopher, educationist, environmentalist, rural reconstructionist, activist and pra... Read More about Rabindranath Tagore's Global Vision..

An emigre at home. (2014)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2014). An emigre at home. In S. Mallik (Ed.), Images of Life: Creative and other Forms of Writing. The Book World

Reflections on Nation and narration from the perspective of a 'New Scot' in Scotland. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Fraser, B. (2014). Reflections on Nation and narration from the perspective of a 'New Scot' in Scotland. In K. P. Muller (Ed.), Scotland 2014 and Beyond - Coming of Age and Loss of Innocence?

Introduction to "Images of Life: Creative and Other Forms of Writing" (2014)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2014). Introduction to "Images of Life: Creative and Other Forms of Writing". In S. Mallik (Ed.), Images of Life: Creative and Other Forms of Writing. The Book World

The Homing Bird. (2014)
Other
Fraser, B. (2014). The Homing Bird. [The Statesman (Kolkata)]

'Parapar O Bibadbhumi: Deshbhager Galpe Anatmabodh' (2014)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2014). 'Parapar O Bibadbhumi: Deshbhager Galpe Anatmabodh'. In M. K. Mandal (Ed.), Deshbhager Sahitya: Smriti, Satwa O Sangrup (The Bengal Partition) in Bengali. Gangchil

poem:Mariam (2014)
Journal Article
Fraser, B. (2014). poem:Mariam. Café Dissensus,

A poem on public execution.

The Scottish Jutewallah: a Study of Transnational Positioning in Personal Narratives. (2013)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2013). The Scottish Jutewallah: a Study of Transnational Positioning in Personal Narratives. In C. Sassi, & T. van Heijnsbergen (Eds.), Within and Without Empire: Scotland Across the (Post)colonial Borderline, (136-149). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

"Our Little Life is Rounded with Sleep": The Scottish presence in Andrew Greig's "In Another Light" and Amitav Ghosh's "The Hungry Tide". (2011)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2011). "Our Little Life is Rounded with Sleep": The Scottish presence in Andrew Greig's "In Another Light" and Amitav Ghosh's "The Hungry Tide". In M. Gardiner, G. Macdonald, & N. O'Gallagher (Eds.), Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature (210-221). Edinburgh University Press

This Great Meeting of World Humanity: Tagore on Education. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2011). This Great Meeting of World Humanity: Tagore on Education. In Rabindranath Tagore: A Timeless Mind. , (118-125). The Tagore Centre

From the Ganga to the Tay. (2009)
Book
Fraser, B. (2009). From the Ganga to the Tay. Luath Press

From The Ganga to the Tay is an epic poem in which the Indian River Ganges and the Scottish River Tay, the largest waterways in their countries, relate the historical importance of the ties between India and Scotland. The rivers are potent natural sy... Read More about From the Ganga to the Tay..

Just One Diwali Night. (2004)
Book
Fraser, B. (2004). Just One Diwali Night. Dasgupta & Co Pvt Ltd

Rainbow World: Poems from many cultures. (2003)
Book
(2003). D. Chatterjee, & B. Fraser (Eds.), Rainbow World: Poems from many cultures. Hodder

This work is an authoritative collection of poems from other cultures for the 21st century. Poets included range from Valerie Bloom, Jackie Kay, Benjamin Zephaniah, Lemn Sissay, Meiling Jin, Tao Lang Pee and Bekleen Leong to Rabrindranath Tagore, Mon... Read More about Rainbow World: Poems from many cultures..

Edinburgh: an Intimate City, an illustrated anthology of contemporary poetry on Edinburgh. (2000)
Book
Fraser, B. (2000). Edinburgh: an Intimate City, an illustrated anthology of contemporary poetry on Edinburgh. Department of Recreation, City of Edinburgh Council

Life (1997)
Book
Fraser, B. (1997). Life. Diehard Publishers