With Aurobindo in Baroda

by Dinendra Kumar Roy

This is the first English translation of the author's memoir of the two years he spent in Baroda with Sri Aurobindo, living in his house and teaching him Bengali.

From 1898 to 1900 or 1901, Roy had the opportunity to observe Sri Aurobindo closely and he describes many charming incidents that reveal Sri Aurobindo's generous and compassionate nature, his intense concentration, his "liquid and soft" laughter, and his complete lack of ambition or selfishness. "As I became acquainted with his nature," he writes, "I realised that Sri Aurobindo was not of this world. He who has spent even a few days with Aurobindo can never forget him for the rest of his life."