Swami Vivekananda

Author: Nemai Sadhan BosePublisher: Sahitya AkademiYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 125ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126009608 DescriptionNew questions are being asked and new facts are being discovered related to Vivekananda's life and activities in India and abroad. This short biography aims to give a comprehensive picture of Vivekananda's colorful life and his role as a nation builder.SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S accomplishments as a man of literature have been widely acknowledged by eminent literary critics and writers. Way back in September 1896, Leo Tolstoy wrote in his diary that he had read a charming book on Indian wisdom’ which had been sent to him. The book contained a series of lectures on ancient Indian philosophy delivered by Vivekananda in New York in the winter of 1895-1896. In 1931 Romain Rolland, deeply moved by the writings, letters and speeches of Swamiji, wrote, His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. As