In the midst of my work whenever I turn aside, I can feel the presence of the blue sky and the green earth adjacent to my room. It seems as if Nature peeks from every corner — through my doors and windows — perhaps as a rustic girl would to satisfy her curiosity. It envelops my room and my mind, blossoms with all its beauty around my active and...
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When I write like this and the words flow, when every day as soon as I get out of my bed, I need to remember where I left the strain of my thought the day before and from where I shall begin today, I feel elated. When I gather my days in the evenings as if they are pitchers filled with words, those thoughts resonate in my body and mind. These days, roaming...
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I have anchored my boat in a secluded corner far away from the Kachhari (office). In this land there is no disturbance anywhere, you won’t get it even if you wish to hear it. You can only feel it in the weekly markets along with all the other commodities. Moreover, where I am at present, you can’t even see the face of people. Everywhere around...
Read MoreAs soon as he became the principal of Sanskrit College, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar made drastic changes in the college’s rules and regulations. Before him, the rules were lax. The teachers and even the students would come very late to the college or would arrive whenever they wished. Vidyasagar earnestly desired that the teachers should come to...
Read MoreOn 22 January 1851 Iswarchandra Vidyasagar was appointed as the principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta. In his younger days, Vidaysagar used to travel to his native village of Birsingha in Medinipur, a distance of about 136 km, on foot and return to Calcutta on the same day, again on foot. He would only halt for some time at a place called Mashat and...
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…..What did the Bengali word DARPAN (দর্পণ) mean to me? At least for a considerably long period of time? It took me a long while to know that DARPAN signifies a bright, clear object that helps me to see the reflection of my face, that it means a mirror. In my childhood, my father used to bring a weekly magazine that had no cover and I learnt the word by...
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