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Dhiraj U Kumarr

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I visited the iconic Art Institute of Chicago to see the stage on which Swami Vivekananda gave his famous speech in 1893

Speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda on September 11, 1893, at the first World’s Parliament of Religions on the site of the present-day Art Institute

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world, I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: “As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.”

SwamiVivekananda taken in The Art Institute of Chicago by @dhi_kum

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The famed city of #Chicago

#america #unitedstatesofamerica #tourist by @dhi_kum

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Landing for the first time into #Chicago at the O'Hare InternationalAirport @fly2ohare

#america #chicagoland #chicagofood taken in Chicago O'Hare International Airport by @dhi_kum

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Megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS coverage in Telugu states.

#sridevi @mahaamaxx #andhrapradesh #Telangana

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Media coverage of megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS

#sridevi @statemirrorhindi

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS coverage in @starnews.digital in Bangladesh 🇧🇩

#sridevi @westland_books @priyankachopra

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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National coverage to megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS

#sridevi @priyankachopra @westland_books @panjdariyaa

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS in news!

#sridevi @rashtratv @priyankachopra @westland_books

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS in the news in Telugu states! ❤️

#sridevi @sumantv_official @swapna_journo_ @priyankachopra @westland_books

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Coverage in southern India on the global cover launch of megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS written by @dhi_kum @sridevibiographybook

#sridevi @oktv_official @westland_books

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Media coverage of the global cover launch of megastar Sridevi's mega biography EMPRESS written by @dhi_kum

#sridevi #wionnews @wionews

#sridevibiographybook @sridevi.kapoor @dhi_kum by @dhi_kum

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Sridevi was the soundtrack of our childhood conversations — endless debates, imitations, pure joy. When she passed, you were the very first person I thought of. Miles apart, years of silence between us, yet some bonds don’t need daily conversation to stay real.

We reconnected in person after almost 20 years, and I was hesitant to even bring her up — I didn’t know if it would reopen an old wound. Today, watching your book launch, I understand why you stayed quiet. You were quietly turning that grief into something timeless.

That’s not just talent, my friend. That’s love, turned into legacy.

So incredibly proud of you today. 💛📖 by @dhi_kum

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