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#031, otherwise CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES WILL TAKE

Swami Vivekananda had great love for orphans. He wrote to Rakhal from Kashmir on Sept. 13, 1897. "...I have read the letter that you sent regarding Gangadhar. Write to him that there are many orphans in Central India and in Gorakhpur. From there the Punjabis are getting many children. You must persuade Mahendra Babu and get up an agitation about this matter, so that the people of Calcutta are induced to take up the charge of these orphans — such a movement is very desirable. Especially a memorial (sic) should be sent to the Government requesting it to see that orphans taken over by the missionaries are returned to the Hindus. Tell Gangadhar to come over; and on behalf of the Ramakrishna Society a tearing campaign should be made. Gird up your loins, and go to every house to carry on the campaign. Hold mass meetings etc. Whether you succeed or not, start a furious agitation. Get all the facts from the important Bengali friends at Gorakhpur by writing to them, and let there be a co...

#30, I am mostly the guest of big people

Swami Vivekananda wrote from New York to his brother disciples at Alam Bazar Monastery in 1894, from U.S.A. "..I seldom live in hotels, but am mostly the guest of big people here. To them I am a widely known man. The whole country knows me now; so wherever I go they receive me with open arms into their homes ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Only big people need Swamijis.