Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by RK Narayan‚ a celebrated English novelist from India. RK Narayan started his prolific writing career with this novel Swami and Friends written in 1935. It is full of humor and irony. Narayan started writing this novel with the words “It was Monday morning…” to the auspicious time his grandmother chose for him. Like many of his fictional grandmothers‚ he was close to his grandmother who was well versed with astrology. Despite this it
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Swami Vivekananda – “A Man who suffered with 31 Health Problems” Purity‚ Patience and Perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all‚ Love. In a life-span of only 39 years‚ Swami Vivekananda‚ who spread the message of India’s spiritual heritage across the world‚ battled several health problems all along and no less than 31 diseases and ailments. ’The Monk as Man’ by renowned Bengali writer Shankar lists insomnia‚ liver and kidney diseases‚ malaria‚ migraine‚ diabetes
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In this world of over seven billion souls‚ sometimes‚ we feel the absence of one man and then suddenly we find that he is there in all men. That was Swami Vivekananda. He was not merely of a physical being but a presence or a phenomenon‚ if one would so like to characterize him. His original name was Narendra Nath Dutta and he was born on 9th January‚ 1862 in Calcutta (now Kolkat.a). Like Gandhiji and Shivaji and even Mother Teresa‚ it was his mother who had the earliest and perhaps the greatest
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Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (London‚ 1896.) | | Swami Vivekananda (Bangla: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ‚ Hindi: स्वामी विवेकानन्द) (whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta Bangla: নরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত‚ Hindi: नरेन्द्रनाथ दत्त) (January 12‚ 1863 - July 4‚ 1902) is considered one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the Hindu religion. He was the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and was the founder of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He is considered by many
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Swami and friends a first novel written by R. K. Narayan testifies ingeniousness of writer. R. K. Narayan created well known fictional town Malgudi. which provided setting of almost all Narayan’s later Novels. Malgudi is on bank of river Sarayu. Sarayu is a pride of Malgudi. It flows across north like a silver belt. Its sandbanks were the evening resort to people of Malgudi. Swami and friends is a story of boy called Swaminathan. Who hates Monday loves Saturday. Throws away books
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Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863–4 July 1902)‚ born Narendra Nath Datt was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world and was credited with raising interfaith awareness‚ bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India and contributed to the notion of nationalism in colonial India. He was the chief disciple
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Swami Vivekananda was born in Shimla Pally‚ Calcutta at 6:33 a.m on Monday‚ 12 January 1863‚ and was given the name Narendranath Datta. His father Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court. He was considered generous‚ and had a progressive outlook in social and religious matters. His mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was pious and had practiced austerities and prayed to Vireshwar Shiva ofVaranasi to give her a son. She reportedly had a dream in which Shiva rose from his meditation and said
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story of your community?) 2. Geography (Location today‚ location in the past) most gujaratis originate from the northwestern part of india‚ from the state of Gujarat. Today they have spread to various metros in the contry like Mumbai‚ delhi‚ etc. but many are now NRIs who have migrated to the United States or UK 3. Do they practice certain specific professions? However not a stereotype‚ a majority of gujaratis are share traders in the Stock market(day traders)‚ goldsmiths‚ and a large majority
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mentioning any events or plots of the story. Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British ruling... Like most kids of that age‚ Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hated school‚ even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good beating from his father. Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks
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the requirement for decolonisation of training in Swami and Friends. Ebenezar’s thoughts regarding the religion of the British portray the burden of Western culture sincerely through training by making hirelings of British social dominion. Ebenezar feels himself in favor of the intense and everything is decent to protect his matchless quality even in classroom. Another point which is vital to clarify is that Ebenezar’s serious disciplines for Swami remain for the cozy connection amongst mercilessness
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