Education Reforms in India Post Independence (Part – VII)

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By Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Conclusion It is also debatable that all the new elements introduced in the new curriculum will actually make any difference to the employability, given the present job prospects. There should first be a survey of the job market, with its projection for the next decade, in order to revise a curriculum. The need must dictate the nature of training to be imparted. India is now part of the global village. Hence, the Human Resource Ministry must Read More …

Dr. Gajanan Yeshwant Chitnis

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By Malavika Nagarkar (Talk given at Brahmopasana meeting on Sunday, 8 May 2022) A Professor was teaching Philosophy to a class in Oxford. The teacher said that Dr. Martino, a philosopher, had contradicted and shown the defects in some of Bradley’s arguments. A young student immediately responded by telling the Professor that there was no question of Martino saying anything about Bradley as Martino had died before Bradley came onto the scene. The Professor had to accept this.  This young Read More …

Gleanings – From the Pen of Shri Beni Madhab Das

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(Sermons and Writings) Being & Doing There is an organic connection between being and doing – being in its endless manifestation and doing with their seats in the being, deriving all their meanings and significance from it. Being without its activities is a static entity – a mere abstraction and a figment of imagination. Activities without a reference to Being is a loose chaotic mass, a mere chance production without unity, without plan or purpose. Being or perfection is the Read More …

NEWS – May 2022

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Jaisthotsab 1429 On 17th May, 2022 (2nd Jaistha, 1429) on the occasion of the 144th foundation day of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, a special service was held in Samaj prayer hall. At 6.00 pm kirtans were conducted by Sri Suman Majumdar. Divine service was conducted by Sri Sanjib Mukherjee and hymns were sung by Smt. Tania Ghosh, Sri Suman Majumdar, Smt. Shukla Sengupta and Sri Sandip Das. On 18th May, 2022 (3rd Jaistha, 1429) a musical programme was organised on Read More …

INVOCATION – April 2022

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O Lord, I pray that Thou be kind to me, pourThy grace into my heart and be my resting place for ever and everNone else can guide me to that joy, blessedness and peace. Tukaram ****** If thou wouldst attain to thy highest, go look Upon a flower;what that does willessly, that do thou willingly. Schiller ******* Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God. Emerson

Editorial – April 2022

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The New Bengali year 1429 has just begun. But has it brought hope for a more peaceful world? Apparently, there is so much of violence and hatred all around that we may wonder if we are approaching our dooms day. But should be despair? Perhaps not. If we delve deeper we will find uncommon instances of human kindness and magnanimity that have failed to attract the attention due to them. While a part of mankind indulges in suppressing their fellow Read More …

Education Reforms in India Post Independence (Part – VI)

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Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Analysis of Higher Education System: CurriculaIn order to assess the possible outcomes of any new model, it is imperative to analyse the effects of the systems which have been in place so that the short comings may be identified and the problems may be addressed in the new system.It is a matter of grave concern that Higher Education System in India, has been subjected to experimentations, which may ruin its foundations for several generations to come. In Read More …

Tribute – Sita Devi

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Born 10 April, 1895; Died 20 December, 1974(Excerpts from the tributes by her sister Shanta Devi and brother Ashok Chattopadhyay on her adya Shradhya; Translated from the Bengali versions.) Sita Devi, the younger daughter of the renowned journalist Shri. Ramananda Chattopadhya, was a reputed author in her own right. Together with her elder sister Shanta Devi, she had published many books for children as well as novels for the adults. She spent her early childhood in Allahabad after which the Read More …

Tribute – Acharya P. Sitaramabrahmam

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By Keshab Chand Challa [Andhra Brahmo Samaj (Hyderabad)] Tributes to Great Brahmo Acharya Late Sri P Sitaramabrahmam (born on May 20, 1912 – died on January 31, 2008) on his 14 th Death anniversary. He was a Gold Medalist in BA (Philosophy) from Andhra University. Under the influence of two great Brahmo leaders, Sri K Veeresalinga Pantulu and Brahmarshi Sir R Venkataratnam Naidu, he joined Brahmo Samaj at a very young age and led a perfect Brahmo life through out. Read More …

Gleanings – From the Pen of Shri Beni Madhab Das

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Personalities in the Brahmo SamajRaja Ram Mohan RoyThe cry is as old as the very dawn of spiritual life in man – the cry of the heart ‘needam yadidam upashate’: and the soul awakened comes out with the responsive cry “Atmalai are drashtabya, srotabya, nididhyashitabya’. What thou worshipest is not the Supreme Brahman: the Supreme Soul alone is the object of meditation and the Supreme Vision where soul finds its realisation; ‘yo bai bhumatat sukham, naolpe Sujhamasti’ – the Infinite Read More …