A Memorial Service dedicated to the loving memory of Dr. Nirodbaran Talukdar (1903-2006), known in the Aurobindonian community across the globe as Sri Aurobindo’s scribe and renowned for his books like Talks with Sri Aurobindo, Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo, Twelve Years with Sri Aurobindo and Memorable Contacts with the Mother to name a few was held on Thursday, 18 November 2010, at the Head Office of Overman Foundation to commemorate the 107th Birth Anniversary of the great sadhak and inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
The ceremony was conducted by Shri Anurag Banerjee, Founder-Chairman of Overman Foundation, who after narrating a brief life-sketch of Dr. Nirodbaran and his unique association with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, shared with the audience his reminiscences of Dr. Nirodbaran whom he had met as a teenager in 1999 and how instrumental he was in bringing him closer to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He also explained that since the Mother had left Her physical body on 17 November which was the actual date of birth of Dr. Nirodbaran, he used to celebrate his birthday on 18 November.
A shirt of Dr. Nirodbaran which was gifted to Shri Banerjee by the late Bani Mutsuddi, Nirodbaran’s niece, was brought out for public darshan and the small group of devotees of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and admirers of Dr. Nirodbaran who had assembled to offer their loving tribute to their beloved “Nirod-da” made their obeisance to it. Some members of the audience who had the opportunity of corresponding with him read out excerpts of his correspondence.
The ceremony ended with the playing of the first canto of Book I of Savitri recited by Dr. Nirodbaran.
Dr. Nirodbaran’s shirt.
Thank you so much sir. It is a great blessing to know the disciples.
Hello Anurag,
I thank you for this memorable event that you conducted. I was unaware that Dr Nirod-da’s birthday was on 17th November. Nirod-da was one of the great sadhak of the Ashram. My Pranams to his memory.
With warm regards,
Sanjay
Nirod-da was my English teacher. He made us read Sri Aurobindo’s poem and explain the same to us. Because of his teachings, my interest in English literature improved vastly.
He was a very friendly person and we liked him immensely.
Pratip
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We visited the Ashram sometime in 2004 and paid obeisance to Dr ji and Baniji. It was a delightful half an hour when Dr ji was a grand centenarian.
Our pranams.
Chitra, Hamsa, Sripathy.