Month: May 2020

INVOCATION – Jan to May 2020

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Om pita nohsi, pita no bodhi Namstestu, ma mahingseeh Vishwani deva sabiturduritaniparasuva, Yadbhadrangtannaasuva. Namahshambhabayacha  mayobhabayo cha Namahshankarayacha  mayaskaraya cha Namahshibaya cha shibataraya cha. You are our Father, as a father teach us true wisdom. We bend low in reverence before you. Save us from delusion and sin; forsake us not, destroy us not. O God our father, forgive us our trespasses and send us that which is for our good. You are the cause and the source of all goodness Read More …

Editorial – Jan to May 2020

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The world has been going through unusual times since November 2019, when it is believed that the first case of SARS-Corona -2 now infamously known as the dreaded COVID, has been detected in the Wuhan Province of the People’s Republic of China. The virus has quickly spread, invading the unsuspecting world, wrecking havoc in its wake and turning life upside down. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a pandemic as one country after another has fallen prey to Read More …

The Brahmo Movement and Women’s Education in Bengal

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By Jayati Gupta Those of us who have grown up in Brahmo families perhaps need to appreciate the legacy of women’s education and value it. As a young girl it had never occurred to me that to see grandmothers who could read and write, aunts who were teachers or doctors, a mother who could help with the homework or read out stories was anything unique. Whether it is a girl child or boy, going to school and college were the Read More …

Remembrance

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We remember with respect and admiration the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the cause and ideals of the Brahmo Samaj and its counterparts across India. We are presenting short life sketches of those who were born or had died between the months of December to May. Sri Kandukuri Veerasalingam Pantulu Born April 16, 1848; – Died May 27, 1919 By Keshab Chandra Challa Bengal Renaissance, the huge socio-cultural and religious reform movement during the nineteenth and Read More …

Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s Birthday – 22nd May, 1772

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A story about Raja Rammohan Roy Presented by Debanjan Roy Source: Author: Shashibhushan Basu, “Raja Rammohan Roy”, Language: Bengali There was a garden adjoining Rammohan Roy’s house. A Brahmin used to come from this garden every day to pick flowers for the worship of the deity. One day while picking flowers, he put his clothes on a branch of a tree and started picking flowers. At that time, a servant of Rammohan Roy put aside the clothes of the Brahmin. Read More …

General Committee, Office Bearers and Executive Committee of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj for the year 2019-2020

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General Committee Members (Kolkata) Samik Sengupta Sova Roy Sourav De Khuku Roy Sangeeta De Tapobrata Brahmachari Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Sutapa Roychowdhury Tania Ghosh Snigdha Pain Raka Barman Rahul Basu Utpal Bose Elora Chakrabarty Surupa Datta Pradyot Basu Sandhya Deb Kasturi Chakrabarty Diptima Ghatak Rita Chakrabarty Tamali Bose Jayasree Das Salil Kumar Hajra Prasenjit Ray (Dipu) Pronab Ranjan Roy Mina Mukherjee Indrani Roy Dhritabrata Bose Mitali Ganguly Arpita Kundu Nirmal Chandra Brahmochari Bijan Chanda Pranati Das Maya Bose Debjani Brahmachari Prasun Read More …

NEWS – Jan to May 2020

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190th Maghotsava at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj The 190th Maghotsava 2019 was celebrated by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj with solemnity. On the eve of 190th Maghotsava 3rd Magh 1426, 18th January 2020, Inaugural service of Maghotsava takes place at Prayer Hall with Kirtan conducted by Smt. Kamalika Bandopadhyay and Sri Arindrajit Saha. Thereafter Divine service was offered by Smt. Kalyanmoyee Chattopadhyay and hymns were sung by Smt. Kamalika Bandopadhyay and Sri Arindrajit Saha along with other members of the group. On 4th Read More …