Amal Kiran - My Wonderful Teacher Huta Hindocha   The MOTHER arranged my reading with Amal Kiran (K,D. Sethna) in 1962.   Sri Aurobindo had first introduced Savitri to Amal in private drafts and written to him most of the letters that are now published along with the Epic.   For the first time Amal and I met in 1961 upstairs in the passage which connects the Mother's and Sri Aurobindo's rooms. I casually asked him about a chess board because the Mother and I were doing something on the theme. He drew it and made me understand it.   When we started our reading of Savitri, some interested people warned Amal against me and asked h

The Sky Sings...   Ashalata Dash   The sky sings his glory; The sea swells far and wide,  The soil smiles beside While I push a soul-suffused Centennial baby In a wheel-chair-pram.     The baby scatters  His fun and smile  As of a cute child Of ten-months old. His wise joviality Impresses the traffic And the passers-by  In a magic circle Of exuberant ecstasy.     As a companion Or as a meek matron  I feel nothing but pride  In pushing his wheel-chair  Or seeing him Pushed by my side.     My motherly heart, Sealed so long Opens abr