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K.D. SETHNA (AMAL KIRAN)

 A CENTENARY TRIBUTE

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K.D. Sethna (Amal Kiran)

A Centenary Tribute

 

Edited by

Sachidananda Mohanty

 

THE INTEGRAL LIFE FOUNDATION

USA

 

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First Edition :November 2004

Copyright : @ Clear Ray Trust, Pondicherry

Editor Dr. :Sachidananda Mohanty

Printed at : All India Press, Pondicherry, India

Published by : THE INTEGRAL LIFE FOUNDATION

                       156, Upper Pattagansett Road East Lyme,

                       CT 06333, USA

Price :Rs. 200/-

Typesetby : Kolam Information Services Pvt. Ltd,

                  Pondicherry, India

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DEDICATED TO

THE MOTHER AND SRI AUROBINDO

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

This project could not have been undertaken so efficiently and expeditiously without the active support and cooperation of several individuals and institutions. Many of the benefactors have chosen to remain anonymous and therefore cannot be mentioned by name.

 

The list provided here is only representative and not exhaustive of all those whose assistance proved to be most valuable.

 

I wish to thank the following in particular:

 

• The Integral Life Foundation, USA and The Clear Ray Trust.

• Mother India's editorial and administrative staff, in particular Nilima Das and Preeti Patnaik for advice, information and encouragement. I am equally grateful to Hemant, Dr. R.Y. Deshpande and Professor M.V. Nadkarni.

• Those who passed on the documents, letters and archival material of Sethna's papers.

• The Managers and staff at Kolam Information Services Pvt. Ltd., Pondicherry, in particular Punit, Rukshad, and Jules-da for their spirit of generosity and dedication. I am most grateful to Jules-da for his exemplary sense of duty and promptness in action.

• My Student friends Panchanan Dalai and M.N. Parasuraman.

• The Trustees of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, in particular Professor Manoj Das Gupta, the Managing Trustee, for moral support.

• The Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the Sri Aurobindo Archives, Pondicherry.

• Mr. Saphal Jhunjhunwala and All India Press for readily undertaking the printing of the book.

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• All the contributors to this volume, especially those who readily revised their articles for ensuring better quality. Similarly, I thank my father Sri Panchanan Mohanty and my family members at Pondicherry and Orissa for supporting my academic ventures. I am particularly indebted to my late mother Bidyut Prabha Devi for the values I picked up early in my life.

• I must thank Amal Kiran for being the most wonderful person that he is. His life and art for me clearly were the most potent source of inspiration.

• And finally, I offer sincere gratitude to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo for their Presence and Blessings!

 

Sachidananda Mohanty

Hyderabad

July'2004

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