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Now they (Presidency College and Scottish Church College) are ruined due to this Naxalite movement

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"Now they are ruined due to this Naxalite movement"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Still now the schools are respected now. Prabhupāda: Eh? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Still now they have good names . . . Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Yes, yes. Svarūpa Dāmodara: Presidency College and Scottish Church College. Prabhupāda: Now they are ruined due to this Naxalite movement. Subhas Bose was in our college.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: The Scottish Church College in Calcutta . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes. I was student there.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Oh, Śrīla Prabhupāda was in the Scottish Church?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: It's very popular among the . . .

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. In Calcutta, there are two colleges, Presidency College and Scottish Churches College. All respectable families, son will go there, Scottish Churches College or Presidency College.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: They started almost at the same time?

Prabhupāda: No, no. It is very old. Presidency College is government, and Scottish Churches College . . .

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Private.

Prabhupāda: . . . by the Scottish Church missionaries. There was one priest, Duff, his name was Duff. He started in Shrirampur, a small educational institute, Duff Institute. He was a Scotsman. Later on, all the Scottish missionaries combined together and they started this Scottish Churches College.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Still now the schools are respected now.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Still now they have good names . . .

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Yes, yes.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Presidency College and Scottish Church College.

Prabhupāda: Now they are ruined due to this Naxalite movement. Subhas Bose was in our college.

Page Title:Now they (Presidency College and Scottish Church College) are ruined due to this Naxalite movement
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-20, 13:21:21
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1