Vinayak Lohani, the Founder of Parivaar
I had meant to write about Harin-babu (Harindranath Chattopadhyay) for a long time. He was a polymath, a true renaissance man, who certainly deserves to be much better known. Variously talented – a …
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I The history of Bhopal starts with Raja Bhoj who is said to have developed the huge lake which is the glory of Bhopal even now. Locally called the 'Bada Talab' it has an area of 31 sq km and is …
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Abstract Dr Bhupendranath Datta, the youngest brother of Swami Vivekananda is a much less-known figure than his illustrious brother but had a life which was far from ordinary. He had been a …
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The year 1893 was a remarkable one in Indian history. Two unknown Indians went to the West that year, returning to be among the greatest figures of their times – Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. …
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I As I muse over the years when I lived at Parivaar Ashram, tucked away in a non-descript village called Barkalikapur in 24 Parganas (South), I recall that among many other things that spelt magic to …
( The veteran actor and singer, who passed away at the age of 84 last month, nourished the tradition of choir music in India and took it to the heights of artistic sophistication. ) As a 5 year …
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