While discussing about the Bengali book "Sri Guru Sanghe" with my father we realized and there exists an unfortunate gap in dissemination of information from local languages to universal languages like English.
While bulk of the next generation of Indian readers understand English better than local languages like say Bengali, we felt that it was imperative to bring out Bengali books like "Sri Guru Sanghe" in English. And that initiated a long journey to churn out the transliteration of this book, thereafter titled as "In the Company of the Guru".
The principle motivation for this endeavour was to bring out before a larger population the gems of Sri Birendra Mallick's exquisite experiences in the company of Sri Sri Birajananda Bharati.
Some of the occurrences have links to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, some have relevance to day-to-day living and some provide insights into spiritual progression in life.
However it has been a struggle to find a publisher for this transliteration because spiritual writings are fragmented and ghettoised into narrow sectarian publications which limit the transcending desires of Truth seekers.
However despite our failure to find a committed Publisher there is always Google to the rescue and therein ends my search for a viable media for dissemination of this knowledge.
Let's hope all the readers of this blog enjoy the gems that will be posted subsequently and value the need to know more and return back to get more.
Jai Guru Dev.
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