Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Born August 1861 – Died 6th June 1925 by Aniruddha Rakshit Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray was an Indian scientist and teacher of repute. He was one of the first “modern” Indian to do path breaking research work in Chemistry. His discovery of the stable compound Mercurous Nitrite in 1896 put him on the world map of great scientists. The ideal of a free nationhood was so strong in him that he established the Bengal Chemical and Read More …
By Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Introduction: Science is a study of nature and the behaviour of natural phenomena. It is a knowledge based on facts learnt through observations and performing experiments. The quest starts with systematically gathering information and amassing evidence in support of the hypotheses that can be tested and finally made into laws that govern the natural phenomena. Therefore, science is an objective search for truth based on logic. Science promotes rationality which helps in eradicating the curse of Read More …
Mission Works & Moffussil Samaj Tapabrata Brahmachari (Chairman) Arunabha Nandan (Secretary) Supratim Chakraborty Sutapa Roy Chowdhury Dr. Ketaki Goswami Premomoy Das Brahmo Samaj Relief Mission Asis Kumar Pain (Chairman) Samita Das (Secretary) Tapabrata Brahmachari Anirudha Rakshit Dr. Ketaki Goswami Surojit Das Raka Chatterjee Burman Sourav De Medical Aid Snigdha Pain (Chairperson) Dr. Ketaki Goswami (Secretary) Dr. Santasil Pain Dr. Sanghita Nath Dr. Suchita Deb Samita Das I.B.F.Charity Surupa Datta (Chairperson) Raka Chatterjee Burman (Secretary) Supratim Chakraborty Madhulika Ghosh Snigdha Pain Read More …
192nd Bhadrotsav The 192nd Bhadrotsav was celebrated on 6th Bhadra, 1427 (23rd August, 2020) was organized by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. Due to Covid-19 pandemic situation, the entire programme was recorded in video format and uploaded to the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj YouTube channel and the link was circulated in various WhatsApp groups. The divine service was conducted by Shri Asim Ahmed and hymns were rendered by Shri Supratim Chakrabarty, Shri Koushik De, Smt. Tania Ghosh, Smt. Elora Chakrabarty, Smt. Mousumi Chatterjee, Read More …
Om pita nohsi, pita no bodhi Namstestu, ma mahingseeh Vishwani deva sabiturduritaniparasuva, Yadbhadrangtannaasuva. Namahshambhabayacha mayobhabayo cha Namahshankarayacha mayaskaraya cha Namahshibaya cha shibataraya cha. You are our Father, as a father teach us true wisdom. We bend low in reverence before you. Save us from delusion and sin; forsake us not, destroy us not. O God our father, forgive us our trespasses and send us that which is for our good. You are the cause and the source of all goodness Read More …
The world has been going through unusual times since November 2019, when it is believed that the first case of SARS-Corona -2 now infamously known as the dreaded COVID, has been detected in the Wuhan Province of the People’s Republic of China. The virus has quickly spread, invading the unsuspecting world, wrecking havoc in its wake and turning life upside down. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a pandemic as one country after another has fallen prey to Read More …
By Jayati Gupta Those of us who have grown up in Brahmo families perhaps need to appreciate the legacy of women’s education and value it. As a young girl it had never occurred to me that to see grandmothers who could read and write, aunts who were teachers or doctors, a mother who could help with the homework or read out stories was anything unique. Whether it is a girl child or boy, going to school and college were the Read More …
We remember with respect and admiration the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the cause and ideals of the Brahmo Samaj and its counterparts across India. We are presenting short life sketches of those who were born or had died between the months of December to May. Sri Kandukuri Veerasalingam Pantulu Born April 16, 1848; – Died May 27, 1919 By Keshab Chandra Challa Bengal Renaissance, the huge socio-cultural and religious reform movement during the nineteenth and Read More …
A story about Raja Rammohan Roy Presented by Debanjan Roy Source: Author: Shashibhushan Basu, “Raja Rammohan Roy”, Language: Bengali There was a garden adjoining Rammohan Roy’s house. A Brahmin used to come from this garden every day to pick flowers for the worship of the deity. One day while picking flowers, he put his clothes on a branch of a tree and started picking flowers. At that time, a servant of Rammohan Roy put aside the clothes of the Brahmin. Read More …
General Committee Members (Kolkata) Samik Sengupta Sova Roy Sourav De Khuku Roy Sangeeta De Tapobrata Brahmachari Sudakshina Kundu Mookerjee Sutapa Roychowdhury Tania Ghosh Snigdha Pain Raka Barman Rahul Basu Utpal Bose Elora Chakrabarty Surupa Datta Pradyot Basu Sandhya Deb Kasturi Chakrabarty Diptima Ghatak Rita Chakrabarty Tamali Bose Jayasree Das Salil Kumar Hajra Prasenjit Ray (Dipu) Pronab Ranjan Roy Mina Mukherjee Indrani Roy Dhritabrata Bose Mitali Ganguly Arpita Kundu Nirmal Chandra Brahmochari Bijan Chanda Pranati Das Maya Bose Debjani Brahmachari Prasun Read More …