Truth is to be followed, even though it is opposed by the majority of people. – Rammohun Roy * * * * * Often people learn self-deception through prayers to God. – Sivanath Sastri * * * * * A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own Read More …
Maghotsava greetings to all. It is the season of love and fellowship and the time to renew our pledge to lead a life with humility, honesty and compassion as we celebrate the great occasion when the doors of a prayer hall were thrown open to all, irrespective of caste, creed, gender and religion; a meeting place where everyone had the freedom to pray together in one voice to One True Eternal Being. For the past few years the Maghotsava festivities Read More …
By Sanjoy Chanda Marriage of Brahmo youth and its legality was a matter of great concern. To overcome this problem, Keshub approached the government with the proposal to enact “Brahmo Marriage Bill”. After long deliberations his efforts were successful. “Civil Marriage Act III of 1872” legalized marriages performed without following traditional religious rituals. In 1870 Keshub travelled to England. He was then only 32 years old, but his reputation had preceded him, and he was received by the intellectuals and Read More …
By Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee National Education policies: Since independence the union government undertook serious measures to improve and overhaul the education system and its infrastructure. Just as new public sector industries and manufacturing units were set up to make India self-sufficient similarly new centres of excellence in technology were also started. All these efforts were ably assisted by the more advanced countries like the USSR, Germany, Britain etc to help India have trained man power to run these enterprises. However, Read More …
(Taken from the booklet written by Pranab Roy and published by Nalin Kumar Chattopadhyay and Hiran Kumar Chattopadhyay on the occasion of the Memorial Service of Ishan Chandra) Ishan Chandra : Born Agrahayan, 1265 Bangabda, Died 9 Magh, 1370 Bangabda Ishan Chandra Chattopadhyay, the youngest son of Mahendra Nath Chattopadhyay and Mokshada Devi of the village of Nimta in Belghoria, was born in the late Autumn of the year 1858CE (month of Agrahayan of the Bengali calendar in the year Read More …
Edited by Dr. Asitabha Das and Dr. Partha Sarathi Das – Published by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj A collection of rare articles on Raja Ram Mohun Roy has been published by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj on 20th January, 2022. The book entitled ‘Ram Mohun Roy: Herald of New Modern Age’ edited by Dr. Asitabha Das and Dr. Partha Sarathi Das is a ‘compilation of some important essays on Ram Mohun Roy by eminent researchers’ which the publisher hopes will be helpful in Read More …
7th Poush Celebration To celebrate Maharshi Debendranath Tagore‘s initiation into Brahmo Dharma on 7th Poush, 1428 (23rd December) in the morning at 10:30 am, a special prayer service was organized by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj at Maharshi Bhavan, Jorashanko. Devine Service was conducted by Smt. Sutapa Roychowdhuri and hymns were sung by Sri Rajnath Das, Smt. Mousumi Chatterjee, Smt. Kasturi Chakraborty, Smt. Madhabi Talukdar and Smt. Rita Chakraborty. Sri Bireswar Bhowmick assisted the choir with the ‘Tabla’. On the occasion of Read More …