Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

This blogpost deals with 1) monks and fun. 2) Supreme service rendered by Vivekananda 3) His (superhuman) powers. Shri Somdatta Bhattacharya said... on Jan. 18, 2008: Dear multisubj yb, Thanks a lot for pointing out this letter of Swamiji. Now we can be certain that he was a normal human being after all and not the heartless monster that some people make him out to be. Don't you think after all he did for the benefit of mankind that he was entitled to his share of fun? And mind you, despite all this he lost none of his powers, for it was possibly around the same time that he demonstrated the incredible feat of memorizing the first 11 volumes of the Britannica. So go on digging up all the sleaze, its only going to add to his glory, for how many people do you find accomplishing such tremendous feats without forsaking their sense of fun? Yeah, he had taken the vows of a Sanyasin and that you are going to say precluded him from such indulgements, but for me, after what he had don...

I promised to reply on 21.1.2008, Shri Somdatta Bhattacharya. I deferred it to 23rd for two reasons: RASBIHARI BOSE 1. 21st Jan. was the death Anniversary of Shri Rasbihari Bose, a first row revolutionary, who set an example to Netaji Subas Chandra Bose. I wanted to see how many blogspot writers will write or quote Rasbihari. I am sad to find that only 8 people wrote about Ras Bihari Bose from 2005 to 2008. I thought that at least a hundred people would have written about Ras Bihari Bose. It is futile hope. I give below some of the URLs which contain interesting discussions: This is a discussion more about Gandhiji. But there is a mention: "Rasbihari Bose had to flee to Japan". Shekhargunjal.blogspot.com/2006/10 etc. . The following link refers to Rasbihari Bose, as a part of biography of Netaji, written in 2005. Here, we can find a view that Rasbihari was a protege of Japan. Joydeepganguly.blogspot.com/2005/10 etc. . (This view may not be fully correct be...