Bankim Chandra Chatterjee & Kanchi Paramacharya BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s  Vande Mataram was precisely what Sri Aurobindo was referring to when he was talking about the country — that India was not an ordinary mass of land or a fractured nation ripped apart by diverse cultures, but a […]

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Mahaswami and the Nation were inseparable: a unique advaita! According to Hindu calendar, the star Anuradha (Anusham) falling in Vaikasi (May-June) is the janma nakshtram of Kanchi Mahaswami (Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi—1894-1994).  This year June 2 is the birthday of that great saint. Following are a few reminiscences reflecting on his […]