Swami Vivekanand (1863 -1902) was credited to interpret the teachings of Ramakrishna Paramhans. He described these teachings in simple language. Swami Vivekananda emerged as the advocate of Neo-Hinduism. In 1893, he went to Chicago, where he delivered his famous speech in ‘World Parliament of Religions. ‘ In his speech, Vivekanand gave a short introduction of Hinduism and spoke on “The meaning of the Hindu religion.” After that, he visited America and England and promoted Hinduism. According to him, Hindu religion was restricted up to food only. He was quite displeased with the silence of religion on the exploitation of ‘poor by wealthy. Vivekanand never used to give political messages but still he brought the spirit of self-dignity among the new generation by his articles and speeches. He was a staunch patriot. Subhas Chandra Bose said about him, ‘so far as Bengal is concerned, Swami Vivekananda may be regarded as the spiritual father of the modem nationalist movement. ....Read more