Vinoba Bhave
An incognito great https://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/an-incognito-great-417800 A paragon of generosity and intellectual curiosity, Acharya Vinoba Bhave tirelessly toiled to bring wide-ranging societal reform to a post-Independence India Every few epochs, society is enriched by great reformers like a Swami Vivekananda or a Mahatma Gandhi. But just like behind every Vivekananda, there was his spiritual anchor in Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, so too Gandhi must have had one. Most of know about Acharya Vinoba Bhave as a freedom fighter, a Bharat Ratna, and as Gandhiji's disciple. But it is a revelation to know that Gandhiji himself called Acharya Vinoba Bhave as an exalted spiritual soul. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was a self-taught scholar extensively knowledgeable in scriptures, be it Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity or even Islam. Before he wrote a treatise on Islam, Acharya Vinoba Bhave learnt Arabic to understand the H...