New Delhi: What is the relevance today of a monk who was born 153 years ago, lived the life of a mendicant, and passed away at a young age of 39 years? Swami Vivekananda's personality traits provide us all the answers.
Vivekananda was born Jan 12, 1863 during the British Raj. He saw colonial oppression from close quarters when he travelled through the length and breadth of India.
Sitting on a rock at Kanyakumari, he meditated for three days and nights not on any god but his motherland.
Thereafter he declared that India will again rise to her zenith, overshadowing all her previous accomplishments.
