The world in Thine, from Thee it rose, By Thee it ebbs, by Thee it flows, Hence, worldly lore! By whom is wisdom shown? The Eternal knows, knows all, and He alone! – Omar Khayam * * * * * Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it Read More …
We are again at the beginning of another new year. Philosophically time has no beginning and no end. However, for us mortals, time does begin and end, for our mortal journey through life. We count our time in years, months, weeks and even in hours, minutes and seconds. April is the month when a year in the Bengali calendar and also in many other regional ones of our country, comes to an end and a new one begins its journey Read More …
By Keshab Chand Challa A way of life is the behaviour and habits that are typical of a particular person or group, or that are chosen by them. “Life imposes things on us that we can’t control, but we still have the choice of how we’re going to live through this.” — Celine Dion Life is gift of God. Life is a journey, not the destination. It is an occasion and an opportunity to realise the truth about one self and the truth of the Read More …
By Madhu Bindu D Sri Jagadish Chandra Bose is well known to all of us as a renowned scientist. But unfortunately, very few people know that Sri Bose was a Brahmo. It is a fact that is not mentioned anywhere in the school syllabus or reference texts that talk about him. My article will present Bose as the Brahmo rather than the scientist. We will discover the man who grew up in a Brahmo Samaj family, with Brahmo values. In Read More …
By Indrani Roy Jnan Sevak Chatterjee or Bipinda, as he was fondly called by all at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj and its neighbourhood (Samaj Para), was a social worker in the truest sense of the term. As I remember, Bipinda was a well-built person with long unkempt hair, attired in a crumpled dhoti and equally crumpled Punjabi. He roamed about barefooted. He lived in the Sadhan Ashram building with his wife Smt. Swantana Chatterjee and was ever available when anyone in Read More …
Barsho Sesh & Barsho Boron at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj Barsho Sesh 1427 On 14th April, 2021, special devine service was arranged on the occasion of “Borshosesh 1427” at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. Devine service was conducted by Smt. Raka Barman and hymns were sung by Sri Kaushik De and Smt. Sukla Sengupta. Barsho Boron 1428 “Barsho Boron” 1428 was celebrated on 15th April 2021 morning at Samaj prayer hall. The programme started at 10.00 am, divine service was conducted by Smt. Read More …
Letters to the Editor: Dear Editor, The last two issues of the IM came as a breath of fresh air, being enriched by two articles by Dr. Kundu Mukherjee and Rita Bhimani. I hope to see more such articles. The IM is still living in the past (as is the Samaj itself). A lot of hard work and planning must go in before it can become relevant to the present day. For that, its contents have to become relevant to Read More …