A Conversation with Sriman Aravinda Ghosh: The India Interview (1909)

by RY Deshpande on Sun 05 Jun 2011 03:30 AM IST  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos
Article from India (Tamil weekly) 18 September 1909 InterviewA few days ago one of our correspondents went to Calcutta and spoke to Mahajnani Sriman Aravinda Ghose on several topics. We give here excerpts from the conversation.
Our correspondent had the darshan of Aravinda-babu at 6, College Square Street [sic],

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