If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. – Thomas à Kempis * * * * * Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. – Emerson * * * * * For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we Read More …
We are almost in the middle of the year. But a question arises in the mind. Does it really Matter? Upanishad says: নাভিনন্দেত মরণং নাভিনন্দেত জীবিতম্। কালমেব প্রতীক্ষেত নির্দেশং ভূতকে যথা ॥ Do not welcome death, nor welcome life. Wait for the appointed time as the servant waits for the masters bidding. But it does not mean that ascetic renunciation will be our aim in life. Our father has sent us to this wonderful world to fulfil certain goals as ordained by Him Read More …
By Pratap Chandra Chunder Richard Church, English writer and critic, has called Rabindranath Tagore the “universal man”. To be precise I looked up some modern standard dictionaries to find out the meaning of the word ‘universal’ in this context. The recent Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary defines the word ‘universal’, as “affecting or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group”. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines the word as “including or covering all or whole Read More …
Continued from last issue… The cruel custom of burning widows had the sanction of antiquity and the approbation of the Hindu people. The alien Rulers did not venture to touch it lest thereby they incurred the displeasures of the Hindus and stood the chance of losing their revenue and empire. The custom could have been stopped if the Nizamat Adalat had given rulings on the lines indicated by Rammohun Roy. No special resolution would have been necessary in that case. Read More …
246th Birthday celebration of Raja Rammohun Roy Rammohun Roy was lauded for his appeal on self-confidence, castigating superstitions, and countered prevalent orthodoxy and stood for inner unity, appraisal of monotheism and women emancipation. He was one of the key personalities of “Bengal Renaissance” known to be at the forefront of progressive forces. He made a successful attempt to modernise the Indian society. Belong to a Brahmin family in Bengal, many of his acts was against his caste and what was Read More …