It was in Bay Area that Swami Vivekananda came in touch with a few such persons whose life would then be spent in the glow and grace they received through the time spent with him. Among them were Ida …
Four weeks with the Meads: The Swami’s Californian family
While he was still at Mrs. Blodgett's home, Alice Hansborough had once suggested that he come and stay with them. The Meads were a family of modest means and lived in a rented house in the Lincoln …
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Welcoming the New Century in Los Angeles
On the evening of Saturday, December 23rd, Swamiji along with Professor Baumgardt, Miss Macleod, and Alice, went to watch a play at the Los Angeles Theatre on the city’s Broadway. This was no ordinary …
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The Mead Sisters
Just like it happened in many other places in America - the Leggets and Mrs Bull on the East Coast and the Hale family in Chicago - the blessed privilege of playing a special role in Vivekananda's …
Flood and Famine in East Bengal of 1906: The Herculean but forgotten efforts of Ashwini Kumar Dutta
If Nivedita spent time working out and forcefully propagating ideas for India's rejuvenation she was always ready to immerse herself in hands-on humanitarian work caring a trifle for her own safety. …
India-Intoxicated
Nivedita was a close friend of famous campaigning journalist Nevinson who had been the war correspondent and reported from the ground during several war situations like the Greco-Turkish war 1897, the …