Esha's recollections of some episodes of her life, as narrated to Nirodbaran in Bengali, who translated it in English. This is presented here in form of a book.
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Nirodbaran on Esha's story : Esha, the late Dilip Kumar Roy's niece, was a little girl visiting the Ashram when I came to know her through my niece Jyotirmoyee with whom she had become very friendly. She wanted to settle in the Ashram, but her mother did not want it as she was still a minor. When after many years she came to the Ashram again and stayed with Sahana Devi, I became more closely acquainted with her. By that time she had already married and obtained her divorce and had decided to settle here. I came to her help and made all possible arrangements for the purpose. Since then I have come to know her well and listened to her narration of the incidents of her life. As I found them interesting I began to note them down and was thinking of publishing them in Mother India when somehow she got wind of it and strongly objected to it. As I felt I had Sri Aurobindo's sanction for it, I did not listen to her. In spite of my disregarding her objection, luckily she did not stop recounting her saga. Of course she narrated it in Bengali and later I put it down in English as faithfully as I could. When the story began to appear in Mother India, she insisted more than once that I should stop it. My answer was that I believed it could be helpful to many readers and that Sri Aurobindo seemed to support me.
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I had a very fine experience the other day in Auroville, when I accompanied Nirod-da there. After his talk to the Aurovilians, which was very good indeed, we went to see the Matrimandir. We sat down for meditation in the Hall; everything was hushed. When I was meditating I saw a bearded rishi plunged in deep meditation high above. I was surprised, for in my previous visit I did not have any experience at all except that everything was quiet and peaceful. Suddenly the Guru's voice spoke: "There are seven other such Rishis who are constantly on guard and are doing the Mother's work."
No wonder that everything is so well organised at Matrimandir and is running so smoothly.
The other day a sadhak came to me and asked: "You are Esha? We used to see you as a sweet little girl, long ago, walking with the Mother. You used to come to Nirod's room with Jyotirmoyee. What a lovely child you were! I am now reading your reminiscences. Can I come and see you?" I kept quiet. Guru said, "He is a great bhakta of mine. When he comes to see you, pay for his rickshaw fare. He can't walk so far."
And now to resume my stories.
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