More on Vivekananda @150

"India has progressed in many ways. But not in intellectual ambition. Almost all our great figures appear to us monumentalised, precisely because we are incapable of comprehending the rich and diverse intellectual soil that nourished them."

Under the Rurbanisation model, medium industries and businesses could shift to villages and bring with them middle-class professionals to live in the new habitat. A similar initiative is being taken in Gujarat.

Rajaji said that but for Vivekananda we would have lost our religion, not have gained our freedom; we owed everything to him”.