Description
The first Indian Saint who took the world by the storm and the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda was a man of dynamic energy and inspiring personality. He preached the supremacy of Vedantism and is believed to be the first one to bridge India's past and present.
This small volume contains not only a brief account of his development from being a nervous aspirant to a seasoned saint but also the select compilation from his thoughts and views touching upon every fact of our national life.
B.K. Chaturvedi, born in a village, Holipura (Agra, UP), on August 3, a reputed family, had his education in Allahabad (M.Sc.) and Bangalore 1945 in a. (Computer programming). Having served for a couple of years in HMT, he is now a freelance author, journalist, poet and translator based in New Delhi for about a couple of decades.
He has many articles/poems and books published in both Hindi and English to his credit. Prominent among them are the metered-verse English translation of the famous epic of modern Hindi, KAMAYANI; original long poem DEHA-DANSHA; English verse translation of Sahir Ludhyanvi's famous Nazm PARCHAAINYAN; the latest being a journalistic appraisal, KARGIL BETRAYAL. He has also rendered 'SRIMADBHAGWAT GITA' into Hindi & English, published a couple of years ago. His translation, both in Hindi and English, of 'SRI RAM CHARITA MANAS' is likely to be published soon. A profic writer he often writes for TV and Radio.