232 Who was loafing and who was not loafing? Who was more courageous? Swami Vivekananda? Or the loafer (as per Vivekananda) Narasimhacharya?
Swami Vivekananda wrote to Alasinga, his disciple-cum-patron at Chennai, from Chicago, on 2nd November 1893. This letter was very lengthy. Vivekananda thundered and trumpeted his own success at the World Parliament of Religions. I have discussed this letter in other postings at this blog. One quote which I missed earlier, as adequate info. was not available, I am presenting now. ... A boy called Narasimhacharya has cropped up in our midst. He has been loafing about the city for the last three years. Loafing or no loafing, I like him; but please write to me all about him if you know anything. He knows you. He came in the year of the Paris Exhibition to Europe... ybrems This Narasimhacharya, I could not trace earlier. Now, his details are available from the agenda of the Parliament of Religions, 1893. Here is a quote from the programme of the 22nd September 1893: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 10:30 A.M. * Address by Rev. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. * Conference on Orthodox Hind...