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MONO CHALO NIJO NIKETANE Musings By Sanjoy Das Gupta Sri Ramakrishna first met a young Narendranath and heard him sing in November 1881 at the house of his householder devotee, Shri Surendra Nath Mitra. Shri Ramakrishna used to visit Shri Mitra’s house in Calcutta to deliver spiritual lectures and other forms of enlightenment. On this particular occasion too, Shri Mitra had arranged a spiritual festival at his house in Shimla Street wherein Sri Ramakrishna would be present. When the appointed singer for the occasion failed to show up, a young Narendranath Dutta, Mitra’s neighbour and a talented singer, was asked to fill in. Narendranath was then around eighteen years old, preparing for his FA exams of Calcutta University. Narendra sang several devotional songs. His performance was soulful and deeply impressed Sri Ramakrishna. One of the songs sang by him was a Bromho Sangeet “ Mono Chalo Nijo Niketane…” composed by Sri Ayodhyanath Pakrasi, an eminent educationist and scholar in Ben...

CR Park Speaks | Moner Kotha | March Musing From Winter’s Whisper to Spring’s Song 01-03-2026 March in Delhi is a gentle turning of pages. The fog that once wrapped CR Park in soft winter silence begins to lift. The sharp chill of January mornings slowly mellows into golden afternoons where sunlight spills generously across balconies, terraces, and the familiar lanes of our colony. There is warmth again — not the fierce blaze of summer — but a kind, forgiving warmth that invites us outdoors. In CR Park, this transition feels intimate. The trees that line our blocks — neem, amaltas, peepal, krishnachura, gulmohar, and the old banyans — begin their quiet transformation. Leaves, once deep and steady, now loosen their hold. A soft carpet of brown and amber gathers on pavements. Patjhad is approaching. Shedding is not loss; it is preparation. The colony rustles with this philosophy — the gentle wisdom that renewal requires release. Look up, and you will notice that the birds are already a...