Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on His 118th Birth Anniversary
Swami speaks on Bose as recorded in Radio Sai Prasanthi Diary 2007 “Bose was very strong and powerful, in body, mind and in spiritual splendour. He always desired that India must be foremost, pure and grand. There is none equal to him in wanting the progress of the nation. Other prominent leaders at that time were actually jealous of him and they did everything to keep him away. They say that he died in an accident. At that time he was actually in a steamer. There still exist such people in Bharat but the pity is that they all just keep speaking and refrain from action. No one acts. Everyone delivers speeches. I feel a stabbing pain that there is not a single Bose today. Tell me is there any one? One Bose is enough. Bose truly understood the plight of India. (At this point Swami was very emotional. One wondered at Swami’s passion. Oh! If we feel that way! Just once at least……) Bose too had met me. He came up to Bukkapatnam and was unable to come to Parthi. I went myself to Bukkapatnam. When He saw me, he held Me and cried, “You are doing so much at such a young age itself. You are working for the emancipation of mankind itself.” He had so much pure feelings. He authored a book, “My India” and that was later translated into English. He was married and his daughter was Lalita Bose. She in fact came to Parthi and followed Swami everywhere, whether it was Ooty, Kodaikanal or Madurai. She always kept Swami’s name on her lips and sang bhajans and songs. She often lamented, “My father was a patriotic Indian. I am so proud of Bharat; but today the unity has been shattered, there is no unity among people.” Lalita approached her father and sought permission, “I wish to go to Puttaparthi. My Swami is there.” She came to Parthi and then even to Whitefield.” This Image attached is from the day Swami delivered a discourse on Subhas Chandra Bose.... Radio Sai records “Swami spoke non stop for 25 minutes, without pause or hesitation. It was spontaneity and absolute free flow. There was a passion in His voice – a passion that in itself was enough to shame most of us into a physical and mental silence at the total lack of Love for our country. ” http://media.radiosai.org/journals/Vol_05/01SEP07/11-prasanthi-diary.htm#india -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
