Preface This lady is one of most under-celebrated figures in Indian history. She was more Indian than Indians and understood India far more deeply than Indians themselves. One only has to read her …
The Role of Vivekananda and Nivedita in IISc’s Making
An idea that perhaps took shape in conversations that Jamsetji Tata and Swami Vivekananda had on a voyage in 1893 would not come to fruition before their deaths. It was in the summer of 1893 …
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Sister Nivedita : Her Literary Legacy
“I have attained Samadhi in grammar, whatever I write becomes the language”, wrote Nivedita once to a friend. She was a prolific author. During her first year in India itself she had started working …
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Sister Nivedita among Prominent Contemporary Indians
Nivedita and Christine’s house located at 17 Bosepara Lane in Baghbazar had become a rendezvous of sorts for many eminent Calcuttans of the day. Rabindranath Tagore too closely interacted with …
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Sister Nivedita : Her Call to the Nation
Margaret Elizabeth Noble, later Sister Nivedita, was born in a Scottish-Irish family on October 28, 1867, in North Ireland. Losing her father at the age of ten, her early life was marked by …
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Elements in Sister Nivedita’s Educational Vision
Abstract This paper traces the development of educational ideas of Sister Nivedita, from the time she was a teacher in England to when she had blossomed into a visionary of national consciousness in …
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