Due to the generosity of a few friends I had the occasion to visit California, in 2015 and 2019. Apart from a few work related fixtures (vapid though I found them but which were, nevertheless, …
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Sister Nivedita – With Important Contemporaries
Sister Nivedita and Sister Christine's house located at 16 (and 17) Bosepara Lane in Bagh Bazaar had become a rendezvous of sorts for many eminent Calcuttans of the day. Here we take a brief look at …
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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 …
Nivedita during the Nationalist Movement at the time of the Partition of Bengal (1905-07)
All the efforts that Nivedita made in diverse domains were to bring about a certain conception of Nationality (that was the term she used) to India, in the hearts and minds of the people. What she …
The Master departs: Nivedita becomes India’s Daughter
With a determined frame of mind Nivedita returned to India in February 1902 along with Mrs Bull and R.C. Dutt. In Madras, she gave such a rousing lecture titled ‘India has no apology to make' that the …
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