Act VI, Scene 2
(Nolini’s first contact with Sri Aurobindo. He avails himself of a tramcar and arrives at Wellington Square. Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick’s residence. On his arrival he asks the gate-keeper to inform Mr. Ghosh that he wants to see him. In those days he was not called Aurobindo, but Mr. Ghosh. It is 4 p.m.) Shortly after enter Mr. Ghosh.)AUROBINDO: Who are you, please? Where do you come from?
NOLINI: Barinda has sent me to take you to our garden.
AUROBINDO: Tell Barin that I have not yet had my lunch. So it is not possible for me to go there to-day. I shall go some other day.
(With a respectful pranam Nolini takes leave of Aurobindo. Those few first words are still a cherished memory with him.)
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, The Descent of the Blue, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, 1972
