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#43, it is to Amerique — there where the heart is

In May 1896 Swami Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Alberta Sturges (age 19) that he liked Amerique - the yankee land. He called India a jelly fish. " ... I have had two classes already — they will go on for four or five months and after that to India I go. But it is to Amerique — there where the heart is. I love the Yankee land. I like to see new things. I do not care a fig to loaf about old ruins and mope a life out about old histories and keep sighing about the ancients. I have too much vigour in my blood for that. In America is the place, the people, the opportunity for everything. I have become horribly radical. I am just going to India to see what I can do in that awful mass of conservative jelly-fish, ... " BLOGGER'S VIEWS Let Swamiji love the yankee land as much as he likes. Why call India a jelly fish? *Ms. Indra Nooyi, C.E.O. of Pepsico is reported to have said: “Where I am has a lot to do with the United States. I think the United States represents the greatest

042 Alberta!, Vedantic thought was introduced in the beginning by ignorant "cranks"

Swami Vivekananda wrote to Albert Sturges from his ship on Dec. 5, 1895: "...In your country, Alberta, the Vedantic thought was introduced in the beginning by ignorant "cranks ", and one has to work his way through the difficulties created by such introductions ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *This girl (Alberta) was just 19 when Swamiji wrote to her. How does she know the difference between a crank and a genuine teacher? *This burst is aimed at P.C. Mozoomdar. The Great Philosophical Ambassador from India, and a Nation-lifting Monk using this type of language! (To continue. असंपूर्ण,सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది).

#41, Any other Hindu would have died if he had to work as hard as I have to

VIVEKANANDA QUOTE THEORY Swamiji wrote to Alasinga from USA on Nov. 18, 1895: "... I am really tired from incessant work. Any other Hindu would have died if he had to work as hard as I have to ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Did M.N. Roy die? *Did Subas Chandra Bose die? *Did Mahatma Gandhi die in South Africa? *Did they say anything of this sort? *Sky was the limit for his self-praise!