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== Life == | == Life == | ||
He graduated from the [[University of Edinburgh]] with a degree in [[medicine]]. He was told about [[Sri Aurobindo]] and [[Mirra Alfassa|The Mother]] by [[Dilip Kumar Roy]] while in [[Paris]]. In 1930, he visited the Ashram and met the Mother and was overwhelmed and had a spiritual experience. After some vacillation, he finally felt the call and joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1933, leaving behind the prospect of a highly lucrative career. In the Ashram he entered upon a new life and had many experiences and realizations. He returned to the Ashram with the intention of practising [[Yoga]], and took up work as the resident doctor. He found to his surprise that [[poetry]] was one of the vocations taken up by some disciples. As Sri Aurobindo had already withdrawn from the public life of the ashram, he communicated with and instructed the [[sadhaka|sadhaks]] via letters, and Nirodbaran entered into a voluminous correspondence with Sri Aurobindo for five years described as 'epistolary history', alone runs into 1,200 pages who encouraged and guided his attempts at poetry. He published a collection of his poems as ''Blossom of the Sun'' and ''50 poems by Nirodbaran'', which were revised and commented on by Sri Aurobindo. | He graduated from the [[University of Edinburgh]] with a degree in [[medicine]]. He was told about [[Sri Aurobindo]] and [[Mirra Alfassa|The Mother]] by [[Dilip Kumar Roy]] while in [[Paris]]. In 1930, he visited the Ashram and met the Mother and was overwhelmed and had a spiritual experience. After some vacillation, he finally felt the call and joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1933, leaving behind the prospect of a highly lucrative career. In the Ashram he entered upon a new life and had many experiences and realizations. He returned to the Ashram with the intention of practising [[Yoga]], and took up work as the resident doctor. He found to his surprise that [[poetry]] was one of the vocations taken up by some disciples. As Sri Aurobindo had already withdrawn from the public life of the ashram, he communicated with and instructed the [[sadhaka|sadhaks]] via letters, and Nirodbaran entered into a voluminous correspondence with Sri Aurobindo for five years, from 1933-38 described as 'epistolary history', alone runs into 1,200 pages who encouraged and guided his attempts at poetry. He published a collection of his poems as ''Blossom of the Sun'' and ''50 poems by Nirodbaran'', which were revised and commented on by Sri Aurobindo. | ||
Circumstances propelled Nirodbaran into Sri Aurobindo presence in November 1938 after he tripped and fell in his room, fracturing his right thigh. Nirodbaran was required to be in attendence as a Physician. Nirodbaran served Sri Aurobindo for the next 12 years, until he took Samadhi. | Circumstances propelled Nirodbaran into Sri Aurobindo presence in November 1938 after he tripped and fell in his room, fracturing his right thigh. Nirodbaran was required to be in attendence as a Physician. Nirodbaran served Sri Aurobindo for the next 12 years, until he took Samadhi. | ||
Nirodbaran was born into an aristocratic and distinguished Zamindar family. Nirodbaran was paternal uncle of the late Major Sukumar Talukdar. Among Nirodbaran other close relatives were Rabindranath Tagore, Chittaranjan Das, General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri | Nirodbaran was born into an aristocratic and distinguished Zamindar family. Nirodbaran was paternal uncle of the late Major Sukumar Talukdar. Among Nirodbaran other close relatives were Rabindranath Tagore, Chittaranjan Das, General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri. | ||
Later he had published ''Talks with Sri Aurobindo'' (3 volumes), ''Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo'' (2 volumes), and his memoir ''12 years with Sri Aurobindo'', as well as various volumes of poetry and other writings. | Later he had published ''Talks with Sri Aurobindo'' (3 volumes), ''Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo'' (2 volumes), and his memoir ''12 years with Sri Aurobindo'', as well as various volumes of poetry and other writings. | ||