FB memories from February 22
On the way back from the Taj Literature Festival conference on Braj Bhasha and Sahitya I happened on another event that had been advertised all over Vrindavan for at least a month. It was being held at Modi Bhavan on the Mathura Road just across the street from the Ramkrishna Mission hospital. Bhupendra Kumar Modi, scion of the Modinagar business empire, was present in person, but I did not get a photo of him. I was tempted to take pictures of his Rolls-Royce and Jaguar, though, as his cortege ostentatiously left Modi Bhavan (named after his grandfather). The conference was to be about "omniscience" but I came too late to hear what the main speakers had to say. I only heard Sadhvi Niranjana Jyoti, one of the BJP's firebrand feminine leaders who spoke very nicely with plenty of Gita shlokas. Paramadvaita Maharaj was given about 30 seconds to say his piece.