The year that is about to end also marks half a century of the demise of twentieth century's greatest comic prose writer and master stylist Sir Pelham Grenville (P.G.) Wodehouse. He had authored …
An Outpouring of Pure Love : A Brief Sketch of Sri Ranchhoddas ji Maharaj
Sri Ranchhoddas ji Maharaj was a towering humanitarian saint whose name is largely restricted to the circle of his immediate disciples and other such persons who had the good fortune to come in touch …
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Swami Vivekananda in California: His Swansong
A fortnight in the Redwoods of Northern California
An important fortnight during the Swami’s stay in California was the time he spent in the redwoods of North California. Swamiji, with a group of other friends and admirers, retreated to a forested …
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Swami Vivekananda Arrives in Alameda (East Bay)
On April 11th, after having their dinner at their Turk Street Apartment in San Francisco, Swamiji, Alice Hansborough, and Mr Aspinall took the streetcar and then the ferry across the Bay to arrive at …
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Intensely Touching Lives – Frank Rhodehamel and Some Other Blessed Ones
Frank Rhodehamel Frank Rhodehamel was a young man in his late twenties living with his wife in Oakland. He has written elaborate memoirs of meeting Swamiji in the Bay Area. He also took very …
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