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विप्रवचन – Our Authors & Their Words |
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Sadhak-poet, scribe for
Savitri, compiled 4000+ letters and authored books to provide unique insight into Sri Aurobindo's humour and life in seclusion.
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“One learns things better if one writes them.”
(The Mother, CWM 17: 146)
This monthly newsletter features a selected author from Renaissance, with links to two or three of his or her writings. This will help our readers stay acquainted with the richness of the content we regularly feature. As we bring this newsletter, we are also conscious of Sri Aurobindo’s important reminder -
“There should be no ‘desire’ to be a ‘great’ writer. If there is a genuine inspiration or coming of a power to write, then it can be done but to use it as a means of service to the Divine is the proper spirit.” (14 May 1934).
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Nirodbaran was born on November 17, 1903 in Chittagong (now Bangladesh). He did his Medical Studies at Edinburgh. A meeting with Dilip Kumar Roy, the famous musician in Paris, sealed Nirodbaran's fate. He came back to India in 1930. His niece had heard about Sri Aurobindo from Dilip Kumar Roy, and eventually met the Mother. Mother. It was on her insistence that Nirodbaran met the Mother and was overwhelmed as he had a spiritual experience. He eventually joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1933, leaving behind the prospect of a highly lucrative career in medicine.
With Sri Aurobindo’s help and inspiration Nirodbaran flowered into a wonderful poet. His correspondence with Sri Aurobindo is an invaluable treasure. In 1938 when Sri Aurobindo broke his leg, he was drawn into the inner circle of Sri Aurobindo’s personal attendants. He served Sri Aurobindo till his passing away in 1950. He had the rare good fortune of being Sri Aurobindo’s scribe when the latter dictated Savitri to him. He was engaged with the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education as a teacher of English, French and Bengali. A prolific writer in English and Bengali, two books by Nirodbaran, titled “Twelve years with Sri Aurobindo” and “Memorable Contacts with The Mother” are especially loved by all in the Sri Aurobindonian community.
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A most divine nobility and a perfectly sincere humility are the key highlights of the adorable personality of Sri Aurobindo which we see presented in this wonderful narration by Nirodbaran. This talk was given on June 12, 1970 at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education and was first published in Mother India.
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This article was first published in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram journal, Mother India, 15 August 1972, under the title “Laughter of the Gods: Sri Aurobindo’s Wit and Humour”, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, pp. 473-479. We have made minor formatting revisions for the purpose of this digital presentation.
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“The art of good writing consists in knowing how to be silent. The things you don’t say are far more important than the things you do.”
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The Mother’s Agenda, 2: 388)
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