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(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 …

By Sanjoy Chanda  Keshub Chander’s vision of Brahmo Samaj went much beyond the confines of Bengal and Eastern India. He wanted its message to spread all over the country. In early 1864 he travelled to Madras and Bombay. His lectures in these cities were well attended and his eloquent appeals made profound influence on them. It so happens that many young, educated men in different parts of the country had started to question the then prevailing religious practices and social Read More …

Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Philosophy of Education Post Independence: The Education Policy of Independent India has been greatly influenced by the philosophy of Education of Mahatma Gandhi. The influence of Rabindra Nath Tagore is also present to a large extent. Education in its very basic form means imparting life skills for survival. This training to survive is also present in the animal world where the mother teaches the babies how to find food, protect oneself from predators and other possible dangers Read More …

Sanjoy Chanda Raja Rammohun Roy had founded the Brahmo Samaj and in the Trust Deed of the first Brahmo mandir he had spelt out the basis of the Universal Religion he established. This seed sewn by Rammohun was nurtured carefully by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, who compiled the book “Brahmo Dharma” and gave the fledgling religion a proper form. Keshub Chandra Sen took on the task of overseeing the growth and strengthening of the Samaj – he spread the message of Read More …

Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Prelude: The classical literary works started with the Vedic literature which was composed in Sanskrit, an Indo-Aryan language. The earliest ‘shlokas’ of the Rig Veda were written in the most primitive form of this language, which gradually evolved with time to take the refined form of Sanskrit. Although India has a long tradition of philosophical discourse, yet the Epic Sanskrit literature and Classical Sanskrit literature remained confined to the priestly classes and the elitist society. Sanskrit was Read More …

Rekha Shahani Our Father Gopal Gurbaxani, the eldest son of principal Nirmaldas and Kamla Gurbaxani was known as Bhau in the family, school, Samaj and as Pitamah in the Bombay Catering Association. He was a father whom we saw in a different role every time. He could handle education, business, reading, writing, gardening, social work, literature, fine arts, dance, drama, collecting stamps – all simultaneously without neglecting anything or anyone. He did all this very efficiently and effectively. What we have Read More …

Prof. Santanu Sen It has become as it were, a part and parcel of the bourgeoisie order in modern India seek to find a new application of ‘Gandhism’ in defending modern social system against the encroachments on the part of the exploited classes. The Gandhian methods of non-violent resistance turned out to be effective enough in the struggle against colonial oppression and for national independence, combined at times with extreme violent methods of struggle used by the masses in defiance Read More …

Alok Ayathan The Kerala Brahmosamaj was founded in 1893 by Rao Sahib Dr. Ayathan Gopalan. He joined the Brahmosamaj when he was a student of Madras Medical College (1884). He started his reform activities since his childhood. During his college days he read about Raja Ram Mohun Roy and was inspired by his the reform movements. He was greatly influenced by the faith and principles of Brahmosamaj and joined the Madras Brahmosamaj which was running successfully during those times, being the main Read More …

Siluveru Sudarshan Salvation lies at the heart of being a protestant.  Anne Hutchinson, like everyone around her, believed that God was intimately near. Under His Gaze, every soul was naked. It was up to each believer then, to enter in to a soul and bargain with the Lord. Father’s love could only be kept by acting the part of a perfect child. Anne Hutchinson shared with everyone a belief that reading the “Book of creation” would reveal sins of inner Read More …

By Keshab Chand Challa The early teachers of our faith clearly conceived the idea of God’s direct revelation to the soul. The Brahmo Samaj movement is a serious attempt to preserve the purity of Theism. While Brahmos should entertain deep reverence for the ancient teachers and scriptures of this country and of the world in general they should never to lose sight of the reforming character of Brahmoism and the Brahmo Samaj. The history of the Brahmo Samaj may be Read More …