ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीरामकृष्णाय·Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya
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Professor Joseph Campbell was a writer and orator, best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion. Campbell was also an accomplished athelete, receiving rewards in track and field events. The Europeans who protested against the empire of mediocrity, themselves failed to attain to the springs of power. So their world of ideas…
ReadK.M. Munshi was born in Broach in South Gujarat in a high middle class Brahmin family. He was profoundly influenced by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, M. K. Gandhi, Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel and Bulabhai Desai. He drew inspiration from the Vedic culture and the classic Sanskrit literature. Munshi founded a number of academic and cultural institutions. His greatest contribution was the…
ReadRussian novelist who served the Russian army from 1852 to 1854. Authored War and Peace (1865-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-77). After 1876 he developed a form of Christian anarchism and devoted himself to social reforms. Alexander Shifman, Adviser to the Tolstoy State Museum, in his book Tolstoy and India writes : ‘During the last decade of Tolstoy’s life…
ReadLeroy S. Rouner was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the United Theological College, Bangalore. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard before taking his B D at Union Theological Seminary and PhD at Columbia University. He has written on the Philosophy of Religion for journals in India and the United States. He contributed to Madras Christian College’s Rethinking Our Role;…
ReadM. K. Gandhi was an Indian nationalist, popularly known as ‘Bapuji—the Father of the Nation. Studied Law in London (1888-1891), practised in India (1893). Championed the cause of the blacks in South Africa (1893). Presided over the Indian National Congress (1925-1934). Author of Hind Swaraj (1909), The Story of My Experiments with Truth, etc. The story of Ramakrishna Paramahansa’s…
ReadDr Mahendranath Sircar first taught is Sanskrit College, Calcutta and then became the Professor of Philosophy in Presidency College and the University of Calcutta respectively. He presided over the Indian Philosophical Congress held in Kasi Viswavidyalaya (1947). He had a lot of books in his credit: Upanisader Alo; Tantrer Alo; Yoga Paricaya; System of Vedantic Thought and Culture; Hindu Mysticism;…
ReadMohitlal Majumdar was an eminent poet, critic and teacher. He was known for his outspokenness. He was a regular contributor to Sanibarer Cithi. His poems were published in monthly magazines like Bharati etc. He even edited and published Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s magazine, Bangadarsan. His poetical and critical works include viz. : Vismarani., Swapan Pasari, Kavyamanjusa, Sahitya Vitan, Adhunik Bangala Sahitya, Vividha…
ReadProfessor Muhammad Daud was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Rahbar, meaning ‘Guide’, is a pen-name adopted by him. From his great-grandfather to his father, all were teachers of Arabic and Persian literature. Even at the age of 16, he prepared and read a research paper at an All India Oriental Conference in Benaras. He had his education at the Government…
ReadMuhammad Sahidullah was an illustrious figure in the cultural domain of Bengal. Md. Sahidullah studied comparative Linguistics from the said University and later did his PhD in Linguistics from Paris University.Professor Sahidullah knew several languages and had a boundless love for his own mother language Bengali. He distinguished himself as a great authority on linguistics. He had written several…
ReadBorn in October 1874 in St. Petersburg, Russia, his original name was Nikolay Konstantinovich Ryorikh. Once a scenic designer for Sergey Paviovich Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, he became an archaeologist, landscape painter and popular mystic. Roerich immigrated to the US in 1920, where he became a reputed painter, seer, guru and peacenik. His more than seven thousand paintings have now their…
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