Re: 27-May-2012 (Sunday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
By reading the different biographies of Nivedita, I am gaining different interpretations. Last night at dinner, I was reading a passage concerning Dr. Bose in "The Dedicated, a biography of Nivedita" by Lizelle Reymond.
p. 181, The Dedicated
"Jagadis Bose had a difficult time of it at Presidency College. As he was a Hindu, the Committee had not given him a proper title. This meant a reduction in salary and prevented him from having his own laboratory. Out of loyalty to his Hindu colleagues at the university, Bose had decided to lodge an individual protest and had simply refused to accept his reduced salary. The struggle had gone on for three years. Then, his research on polarization having awakened considerable interest--with the result that the Royal Society in London offered him a scholarship--the government had been forced to give his title retroactively....
...The struggle, however, had been a hard one, and Jagadis Bose was left in a terrible state of discouragement....Nivedita sensed this...Now her first action was to arouse the interest of Mrs. Bull...
...'You know how to inspire a great man to do great work. Think about him...You must protect him...'
