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It was may 31st, 1893. Two Indians, one a robust youth aged around 30 years and wearing a saffron attire with a turban usually worn by the Maharajas was found talking to a middle-aged gentleman. It was a breezy, sunny afternoon, and they were sitting on the deck of SS Empress of India which was on its way to Vancouver.  They were So deeply engrossed in their conversation that they were unaware of what was happening around. The young monk was none other than Swami Vivekananda who was on his way to attend the World parliament of Religion was to be held in Chicago, and the aged person was Jamshedji Tata who was on a business trip to the USA. Swamiji and Jamshedji had visited a match manufacturing factory in Japan and were discussing Japan’s progress. Swamiji asked Jamshedji why did he instead of setting up his own match manufacturing factory in India was importing match from Japan as this meant draining out of national wealth and in return, he got a meager commission. Setting up his own f

We all must have heard or read in some stages of our lives about Swami Vivekananda and his mission to the west. His speech in the Parliament of religions on Monday, September 11, 1893, was " like a tongue of Flame” in the words of Romain Rolland. He further observed, “Among the grey wastes of cold dissertation, it fired the souls of the listening throng. Hardly had he pronounced the very simple opening words, 'Sisters and brothers of America' than hundreds arose in their seats and applauded. He wondered whether it could really be he, they were applauding….” Swami Vivekananda's first journey to the West opened the doors of Indian Spiritualism to the materialistic west and in exchange Swami Vivekananda desired Western materialistic power to ease the conditions of the poverty-stricken masses of our Country. That was Swami Vivekananda's desired goal, which he achieved to a great extent. But this article is about the Second Journey of Swami Vivekananda to the west. The