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One of his personal favourites was Gharer mangal shankha nahe tor tare, which begins:

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"Auspicious conches, friend, never shall announce

Thy home-coming, nor the tender candle-light

Welcome thee ever at night."

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His dearest friend Dilip reflects: > In the context of his subsequent lonely death in a foreign land with the name of the Motherland on his lips, his early love for these memorable lines becomes infinitely more significant.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Mother, Your 50th Independence-Anniversary! I am come. Ever in Your Eternity's Cries and Your Infinity's Smiles, Subhas, Agni Press, 1997
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