Biography–In Translation–Tamil
By T.M.C. Raghunathan. Translated from the original Tamil by Prabha Sridevan
Raghunathan, while delving deeper into Sister Nivedita’s advice to Bharati, also brings out the fact that Swami Vivekananda was ‘the patriot of all patriots and the father of Indian nationalism’ whose impact was felt not only in Bengal but in far-away Tamil Nadu too: on VOC, Bharati and Subramania Siva, among others. A chunk of this chapter also deals with Sister Nivedita’s role in the Indian struggle for Independence. When Bharati met Sister Nivedita, they were all dejected after the Partition of Bengal. And then her fiery speech to him was the ‘sun that dispelled the darkness of his soul’. Raghunathan goes on to the role played by the Bhagavad Gita in the freedom struggle,
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