THANK YOU, MONSIEUR ROLLAND

THANK YOU, MONSIEUR ROLLAND

The great European savant who spread the message of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda across the western world through his twin biographical studies on the divine duo. Posterity has and forever will owe indebtedness to him who in the inter-war years had tried his utmost to lower the political temperature of the world through a myriad measures amongst which his priceless biographies of the swan and the lion doubtlessly stood out as his premier contributions. Written to cool the world then, a task he eminently failed in owing to historical reasons, his works remain perennial pathfinder for future humanity as it progresses through the blind alleyways of tortuous Māyā unto the sunlit summit of spiritual realisation. Monsieur Rolland, we can never thank you enough. Here in India we express our reverence in quite another way, perhaps not so foreign to you after your protracted association with Ramakrishna-Vivekananda. Our humble prostration at your hallowed feet. Blessed be the mother that had borne you! 🕉

Written by Sugata Bose