Swami Chinmayananda
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, April 08, 2021. 09:40. AM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- His Early Journey – how it all began : On 8 May 1916, a child was born as so many other children were born. Born to ordinary parents – a lawyer father, a home maker mother, Balan went to school like all kids do; he would later acquire a degree in English Literature, plunge into the Freedom Movement of India against British rule, be imprisoned, fall frightfully ill, be thrown out of jail for that, be rescued by a strange lady, start writing for a newspaper, make fiery speeches and plan even more fiery exposes and then, all too suddenly abandon all that, for none of them explained to him the purpose of his birth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearly, Swami Chinmayananda was an unusual young man