On way back from Nadia, this Sunday, visited the ruins of the house in which lived nationalist playwright Dinabandhu Mitra (1830-1873), writer of the epic play “Nildarpan” (1858), which exposed the atrocities committed by Indigo planters on Indian peasants. #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav
Was very happy to welcome Venerable Shih Jianyin, Secretary General of the World Buddhist Bhikkhuni Association and an eminent and widely respected Buddhist teacher from Taiwan. She is also Secretary General of the Taiwan Buddhist Association, among other responsibilities. Venerable Jianyin has been visiting India, especially the Buddhist pilgrimage sites …