Author | August 31, 2009
BROTHERS
Krishnakant and Radhakant Pandey brothers are of village Kaithi, sixteen miles north of Banaras. They are lofty personalities from a very typical conservative Brahmin family. Around 1948 Krishnakant was working as an overseer on a government site. He came under Baba’s spell, and under Baba’s advice left his Government job. From that [...]
Author | August 28, 2009
D DAY
9/9/1965:
Thursday. Got up early in the morning. The weather was chilly and foggy. Profuse dew deposited everywhere. Ablution. Breakfast. Bath. Dressed in hand-washed clothes as per instructions. Put on a suit. Waiting for call.
I was surprised to see the arrival of Advocate N.M.Bonde and Anantlal Dammani of [...]
Author | August 24, 2009
SHAULMARI ASHRAM
A very nice secluded place worth the name “Ashram”. The Ashram occupied about hundred acres of land. Formerly, there were many small fields under farming and the owners donated land to the Ashram and became full time Ashramites. To the North of the Ashram, not far away, the lofty Bhutan Himalayas were [...]
Author | August 22, 2009
This is the most crucial year of the beginning of the quest of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. It was not possible to write everything in my diary. It would have consumed time and many pages while a particular date had only one page. I have put a few notes on the first and [...]
Author | August 20, 2009
31/10/1962:
Procured address of Shaulmari Ashram: Dr. Ramani Ranjan Das, Secretary, Shaulmari Ashram, Falakata, Dist. Cooch Behar, in North Bengal. Route-Calcutta-two hours flight to Siliguri. To Jalpaiguri-one and half hour journey to Bharmira Ghat-forty two miles journey to Shaulmari Ashram. Note that STD code list spells Cooch Behar as Coochbehar whereas Shaulmari Ashram’s letter pad spells [...]
Author | August 18, 2009
MY DAILY DIARIES
I have already mentioned earlier as to how my maternal great grandfather inspired me to maintain daily diaries since 1956. The entries in the diaries are in mixed languages, viz., English and vernacular Marathi. Some entries are cryptic and they are properly elaborated here. There are some dictations from Netaji in Hindi [...]
Author | August 17, 2009
ABOUT MYSELF
At the outset, it is imperative that I must elucidate about “ME” as evidence of my credibility, so as not to be dubbed another impostor, a hoax or a publicity-monger. This research work is an outcome of forty-seven years of rigorous and very expensive toil.
Please do not think of it as self indulgence and [...]
Author | August 13, 2009
Volume One : The Truth
“UNWEPT
&
UNSUNG”
SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE
Mystery revealed from 18th August 1945 to 2nd January 1977
By Suresh Chandra Padhye
Humbly dedicated to:
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Emilie and Gita
Anita, Chinmayee, Anmayee, Tanmayee,
Radhakant and Krishnakant Pandey
Copyright 2009 Dr. Suresh Padhye
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