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Q. Yes.
A: It is his ego not being able to accept Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as the Divine. He himself was in conflict. But he was a great man, ..(inaudible).... many parts etc. But there are always difficulties also.
(recorded on November 2,1995.)
(3) Conversation with Jayantilal Parekh
(Jayantilal Parekh (1913-1999) visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram for the first time in 1928 when he was 15 years old. Reading of Sri Aurobindo's works. changed his heart. After finishing his study of painting at Shantiniketan, in order to pursue his inner quest, he settled permanently in the Ashram in 1935. He worked in the Publication Section at Sri Aurobindo Ashram for many years. Later on he was also in-charge of Archives Section of the Ashram.).
Q. When did you meet Dilip Kumar Roy for the first time?
A.
See, I came to Ashram, I joined Ashram in 1935. I came before that in 1934. I was attracted by the grace, so I joined the Ashram in 1935. I came directly from Shantiniketan where I was a student. And at that time Dilip Kumar was here and we used to see him from time to time in the evening. We used to attend his musical soirees and at that time the community here was very small community, hardly two hundred people lived here at maximum. So we knew each other very well and I also used to meet him afterwards. Nirodbaran and Anil Kumar and Nishikanto and a few people were there.
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They were also from Bengal. They were literary people, so I used to see them. Then afterwards in 1938, after Sri Aurobindo met with an accident, we used to go very often to Nirod-Nirodbaran and whatever talks he had with Sri Aurobindo, he used to narrate and we used to listen to that. So sometimes Dilip was also there, like that. So, usually in the evening we used to meet, like that- (inaudible)... So, that was the contact ...(inaudible)... But the greater contact was that the letters which he wrote to Sri Aurobindo and the letters of Sri Aurobindo-replies Sri Aurobindo gave to his letters. They were very often circulated, you see. And we used to read those letters, collect for our own files also. And also Harindranath was there and then other people's letters also. Arjava was there and Amal Kiran was there. So their letters and their poems and other things, they used to come out in this way, they were not published. So, in that way, we had the good contact, just as in a small family we used to meet, like that.
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