Freedom is a wonderful concept. But it is very difficult to be free in the real sense of the word. We are not free of our inner conflicts and our eternal fear of the unknown. Freedom is something that has to be earned by cultivating a mind capable of thinking freely, rationally and then acting according to our judgement with a clear conscience to do what we feel is right. It is much easier said than done. We are shackled Read More …
By Sanjoy Chanda The Brahmo Samaj was established on the foundation of universalism. There is a Vedic sloka which says: “ekam sat, biprabahudhavadanti” – truth is one, the sages call it by different names. Raja Rammohun Roy was a man of religion. We know him as a reformer and an activist. But the motivating factor behind all his actions was his great religiosity. Throughout his life he had been a seeker of truth, a seeker of the true religion. That Read More …
The Parliament of Religions, Town Hall, Calcutta (Concluding the year-long celebrations of the birth centenary of Pramahansa Ramkrishna) 1st March, 1937 Dear friends, The Parliament of Religions that is commencing to-day is one of the items, perhaps the last item in the programme of year-long celebrations in connection with the Centenary of the birth, or as others would have it, the advent into this world of Pramahansa Ramkrishna. This Parliament of Religions has evoked cordial responses from far and Read More …
By B.R.Panda Jogi Padmalochan Das is one of the four pillars of Balasore, Brahmo Samaj. His immense contribution towards founding of Balasore Brahmo Samaj will always be appreciated and cherished. Belonging to an orthodox Brahmin family Jogi Padmalochan Das followed all the customs and traditions of a Hindu family. He used to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and performed all rituals, including ‘puja’ and ‘aarti’ in the Radha – Krishna temple in his village. But deep down in Read More …
Domestic News Adya Sraddha Ranjit Sarkar, son of late Ajit Kumar Sarkar and late Malabika Sarkar and husband of Smt. Suparna Sarkar of Golf Green Phase II Apartment Owners’ Association , 3rd Floor, Golf Green, Kolkata – 700095. Shri Sanjib Mukherjee conducted the divine service as also read out from the scriptures. Hymns were rendered by Shri Supratim Chakrabarty, Smt. Sumana Mukherjee, Shri Shankar Prasad Mitra, Miss Arunima Sarkar and Miss Atreyee Sarkar. A life sketch of late Ranjit Sarkar Read More …
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson * * * * * Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say unto you, they are inseparable.Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at Read More …
Language is a powerful tool. It is related to the history of mankind, it is also a cultural marker. Basically language is a code for communication, be it verbal or otherwise. The mighty humans to the smallest living beings, all have their own languages that differ greatly from species to species. The more advanced the animal is the more complex is this code of communication. But all animals depend on this power to interact with their fellow beings. It is Read More …
By Argha Kr Banerjee ‘Our futility will be in the measure of the greatness of Rammohan Roy’— Rabindranath Tagore In his lecture as President of the Preliminary Meeting of the Rammohan Roy Centenary held at the Senate House, Calcutta on 18th February 1933, Rabindranath Tagore, hailed Raja Rammohan Roy as the inaugurator of ‘Modern Age in India’. Extolling his immense contribution, Tagore observed: ‘He was born at a time when our country having lost its link with the inmost truths Read More …
By Aniruddha Rakshit Rajnarayan Basu was born on 7th September, 1826, in Boral, a village in 24 parganas of the Bengal presidency. His father Nanda Kishore Basu, who hailed from his ancestral village of Garh Gobindpur, Kolikata, was a disciple of Raja Rammohan Roy and also acted as one of the secretaries of the great reformer. He came to Calcutta in the year 1833 to be admitted to the school of one Sambhu Master. This was the year when Raja Read More …
By Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee If the last decades of the nineteenth century saw some distinguished women doctors, the women started entering other fields of science as well from the beginning of the twentieth century. But their foray in the still new field of science was an uphill task and it met with severe challenges. Janaki Ammal (4th November 1997 to 7th February 1984) was Botanist. Her field of study was Cell Biology. Janaki was one of the first women scientists Read More …