This book is the autobiography of Queen Ratnaprava Devi of Dhenkanal, India. Book contains her seventy years of sweet and bitter memories in Dhenkanal. Book was published originally in Odia in 1997.

CONTENTS

Some informations regarding the family of Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy.

Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy’s educational qualification and his expertise in sports

Various works of Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy.

The Philanthropic Programmes of Guruji

Helping the under privileged people

Contribution to Literature By Guruji Satpathy

The arrival of Sai Baba in Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy’s life and other Sadgurus

Shri Sai Questions and Solutions

A bunch of messages

Some of the excellent Books written by Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy

“Do not fear death” – An important advice from Shri Sai Baba.

Shri Sai Mantra with meaning

Some informations about a few Sadgurus and Saints

Shriguru Bhagabat: Revival of Guru Tattva

Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy has expressed some of the following idealistic ideas: Those are – Chanakya Niti

Propagation and expansion of Sai Leela in different countries

Some meaningful and spiritual analysis by Guruji Shri Chandra Bhanu Satpathy (Good and bad signs)

Chapters include:

A Letter for Laxmi The image of a painful soul: Laxmi’s fatherAll over the World: Laxmi’s MotherConfessions of the priest in the story ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’Prayer by the Soul of the pondThe best works of fiction: ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’ The little girl’s condition is more important than two bananasThe greatness of the money lender The great mercy of LaxmikantManoj Das’s Popular story ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’Laxmi is the conscious counterpart of SavitriGangadhar’s Sita and Manoj’s LaxmiTwo feverish characters: a divine woman and a regretted childConversation of Laxmi and GodManoj Das’s ‘Aranyaka’ and ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’: A Comparative studyTwo rays of divine light: Rebati and LaxmiManoj Das’s ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’ and Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Selfish Giant’: A Comparative studyAn expression of the desire of divine Mother: ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’ and ‘Nivedita ra Naishavisara”The Letter of the Last Spring’ and ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’: two divine daughters ‘Groom for Sita’ and ‘Laxmi’s Adventure”Sarvabhuteshu’ and ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’Raibabu in ‘Teeth’ and the priest in ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’ The voice of compassion in ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’ The Mysterious Secret of Child Psychology: ‘Laxmi’s Adventure’The Experience of Laxmi The best story of Manoj Das Two Glorious Forms of Divine MotherBackground

A historical novel/biographical nonfiction by award-winning feminist author/poet Mallika Sengupta from Kolkata, India, ‘Kabir Bouthan’ focuses on the multifaceted history of the illustrious Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, the birth place of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (mentioned in the book as ‘Rabi’). The narrative chronicles the inter personal relationships between the men and women inside that mansion and their personal journeys which become historically significant in terms of gender and culture studies of the pre-independence era in India and also in terms of the development of Tagore’s poetic persona. Through this deeply layered narrative encompassing the lives of Rabi, his family members, and especially his two enigmatic sisters-in-law, Gyanadanandini and Kadambari Devi, Sengupta reflects on the daily rigmarole of the lives of the characters amid the backdrop of the Renaissance in Bengal. Through her effortless and nuanced narration and storytelling, she also unfolds the subtle nuances of the socio-political history of Bengal in those times.

Seeped in the diverse cultural history of the Thakurbari where stalwarts in literature, art, theater and humanities were born, rooted in the rich legacy of Bengal, this book also documents the dramatic and inspiring transformation of women like Gyanadanandini, Kadambari, Swarnakumari Devi, while also tracing their emotional journeys, celebrating their free spirits and their quest for self-expression during the strife-ridden colonial regime in India.