Young Sudhir Sarkar Photo from the Police File
The above photo of young Sudhir-da was taken by the police on the eve of the deportation to Andaman Jail, 1909. Sudhir-da by a clever ruse saved Nolini-da from the same fate but he and Barin-da were taken for life to Kala-pani, the Black Waters. The freedom of India was obtained by the sacrifice of these people! Shall we forget that? Sudhir Sarkar was Sri Aurobindo’s body-guard during the Bande Mataram period. It is interesting to note that Sri Aurobindo’s father Dr KD Ghosh and Sudhir-da’s father Dr Prasanna Kumar Sarkar were class-friends.

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Sophie met her doppel-gänger, bold and fair,
Who at once was everywhere;
She even saw in the crawling little ant
A huge star glowing as in heaven;
Its numinous brow had majesty
That overflowed in heart and belly and feet;
Presently in a moment of perfect entirety
Sophie walked through the door marked “seven”
When in a big hall the holy wraith of Kant
Gave her the things in themselves to eat.

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