A FOUNDING FATHER OF HINDU NATIONALISM WHO LIES IN NEGLECT THOUGH

A FOUNDING FATHER OF HINDU NATIONALISM WHO LIES IN NEGLECT THOUGH

Swami Pranavananda, founder of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, an inspirational sage, a powerhouse of strength, a fount of wisdom and a unifier of the Hindus, one who alerted the Hindus about their impending decimation should they not hold hands and stand together. And this he said in those years before the horrendous Partition when his words were not heeded much by our national leaders.

Every Hindu must read his life and message to gather courage of conviction, to find direction in life, to steady the national ship.

A patriot par excellence, a visionary with incisive insight into the heart of things, both internal and the external order that obtained, a prophet with articulate enunciation on the prospects of the polity then and way into the future, a leader of renunciates who have carried on the life-building cause of the nation, Swami Pranavanandaji remains a peerless personality among the ranks of great men who have graced this land in modern times, one who could unequivocally be called the worthy successor to the Acharya of the Age, Swami Vivekananda.

However, Pranavanandaji lies in neglect of public memory and governmental recognition thus far, not that it matters to him but that it makes the polity and the nation poorer, for when does such a sage visit us so often?

Written by Sugata Bose