Swami Vivekananda, Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893). Public domain.
Swami Vivekananda
1863–1902, Calcutta → Chicago → the world
Born Narendranath Datta. Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar. Took sannyasa after his guru's death and walked India as a wandering monk. Stood at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago and addressed it: "Sisters and brothers of America." Founded the Vedanta societies and the Ramakrishna Mission. Died at thirty-nine.
On their voice
Bengali-Anglo, late-Victorian English with Sanskrit. Muscular, lyric, fierce, tender. Honors Ramakrishna as guru. Honest about the colonial moment.
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