Most of the students dread mathematics. It is very methodical subject and there is no margin of error. A slight mistake or oversight gets one a wrong answer and no marks.Either one is right or wrong with no gray areas.But mathematics was Tirthram’s favourite subjects. He loved it because it proved one’s perfect correctness. Sometimes […]
One day a friend remarked to Tirthram, “You pride over your knowledge of Urdu and Persian language. Both happen to be alien languages. It is a pity that you did not try to learn Sanskrit, the language of Hindu scriptures inspite of coming from a Brahmin family. I think that you must know Sanskrit.”It pricked
The school education came to an end in due course of time. Now it was time for college. Tirthram took admission in a college of Lahore University. There he lived in a rented room. He continued to write to his guru even from Lahore.On the average he wrote two letters a week. Thus during a
When Tirthram grew up to school going age he was admitted to the primary school of the village. The boy threw no tantrums like other boys and willingly went to the school.He showed no aversion to learning letters. During 19th century the children largely displayed dislike of school and took education as a juvenile punishment.The
The month of August of the year 1947 brought joy to hundreds of millions of people of the subcontinent as it ended a long dark period of slavery to the aliens. But the independence had arrived with a tragedy. Two states of the country namely Bengal and Punjab were each divided in two parts to
In January, 1959 Vinoba reached Ajmer Sharif during the course of his nationwide tour. He made obeisance at Durgah of Sheikh Salim Chisti. He spoke to the congregation—‘The message of Islam is sublime. It does not discriminate between rich and poor. The charging of interest is forbidden. It provides an ideal framework for democracy. I
Vinoba wanted to remove the difference between the exploiter and the exploited. He believed that the two classes emerged because of the general tendency to shirk the labour. He wanted to devalue the importance of money and shift all value to the labour.He experimented. The name of his experiment was ‘Kanchmukti Yoga’. Vinoba wrote—‘The use
The sojjourn at Pavnar brought improvement to the health of Vinoba. But his spirit was in pain. Because to weaken the independence struggle of Indians, the wily British was playing communal card. They were applying divide and rule formula. The communal passions of bigotic Muslim and Hindu fanatics were being raised. The country was being
He had done some contemplation on service in Dhulia jail and felt that India was the land of villages. Without the upliftment of villages the country could not make progress.He believed that the rural population was the living manifestation of Lord Shiva. Serving the rural folks, thus, meant worshiping Shiva. Meanwhile, the government had confiscated
The situation was becoming tense. The rule of British tyranny was digging in. The draconian laws were being imposed on Indians. Gandhiji knew that without confronting British with a fierce opposition Indians could not hope to get any concessions from the rulers. So, he organised Dandi March and broke the Salt Act in defiance. It
On 13 April, 1923 on the occasion of National week a procession was taken out in Nagpur with national flag (Congress flag) held aloft symbolically. The police tried to stop the procession but the Congress workers pushed on. The police charged on the workers and the workers were arrested en-masse and the flag got trampled
Vinoba returned to Satyagraha Ashram on dot at the completion of one year break; Gandhiji remarked, “You had gone on as one year leave to further your study of Sanskrit. Exactly after one year you come back as promised. I had even forgotten that you were supposed to be back at this hour to honour
Gandhiji used to call his place ‘Satyagraha Ashram.’ For some time Vinayak stayed on in the ashram. Then, an irresistible desire to learn Sanskrit seized him. He consulted Gandhiji about it and asked for a year’s break. Gandhiji agreed. There was also the fact that lately Vinayak had not been keeping well. He left ashram
During his stay at Kashi, the day of the inauguration of newly built Kashi Hindu University arrived. The funds for the university were provided by rich men, kings and princes of India. The inauguration ceremony was organised by Pundit Madan Mohan Malviya scheduled on 4 February, 1916. It was attended by the Viceroy Lord Harding,
In 1901, Vinayak grew up to six years of age. He went through the traditional sacred thread ceremony.The initial education started at home. To begin with Vinayak was orally told about the basic values of the religion he was born in. Then, he was taught the letters of his mother tongue, Marathi.His father Narhari and