Letter written on 25 Jul 1956 om
This letter is dated 25th July 1956 and addressed to Dr Kamal Singh Thakur, a student at Sagar University, where Osho went for his MA. They lived in the same hostel and got together regularly for walks, tea and so on. Dr Thakur finished his Intermediate Science studies in Sagar and went on to Varanasi to study medicine. He wrote Osho a letter from there and received Osho's letter in reply.
Sw Ageh Bharti has included a translation of this letter in his book Beloved Osho, near the end of ch 2, devoted mainly to Deriya Ji and the letters Osho wrote to him from 1957 to 1965. Osho's letter to Thakur and the newspaper stories Ageh collected about it are of historical interest, as the wiki has relatively little material from that era, so they are reproduced here. And as with the story of Deriya Ji's letters, this letter was also offered for publication to the Hindi Pubs team at the Resort, and though they said they would use it, they apparently haven't.
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A significant part of Ageh's story about this letter is that Thakurji celebrates the day that Osho wrote it every year, using the idiom of a birthday party, complete with cake and candles. He makes a big local deal out of it and has received newspaper coverage of the event. Following are two such items:
Nav Bharat, Bhopal, July 25, 1994 | Semri Harchand: Generally, birthdays of the children are celebrated by their parents. The rich and the wealthy have the prerogative of celebrating their own birthdays. Some fashionable and gallant many people are in the habit of celebrating the birthdays of their pet animals. The birthdays of leaders and politicians have been known to be celebrated by their supporters and followers. However, observing the birthday of a letter is, of course, a ceremony that is being observed by the men of literature of Semri Harchand and Dr. Kamal Singh for the last thirty-six years. Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh (Osho) had written this particular letter on July 25, 1956 from the Sagar University. This ceremony will be solemnized under the auspices of Ram Dubey at the residence of Dr. Singh on July 25 in the presence of Shri Kamal Singh and the elites of the town. |
Nai Duniya, Bhopal, August 1, 1994 | On the samadhi-sthal (tomb) at the Poona Osho Commune, the following words are inscribed: "Osho, never born, never died, only visited this planet, earth, from 11th December 1931 to 19th January 1990". This great thinker of the twentieth century, Osho, Rajneesh, however, has held the 'flag' of Religion, Meditation and Spiritualism high in the world. He still exists on the earth in various and different forms. It may be observed here that Osho wrote a letter on July 25, 1956 from Sagar to Dr. Kamal Singh Thakur, resident of Semri Harchand of Hoshangabad district. In those times, he was simply Rajneesh and was a student of the Sagar University. Ever since then Dr. Kamal Singh has been celebrating the birthday of this letter. This year he celebrated its thirty -seventh birthday. As is customary, a cake with thirty-seven candles was cut and sweets were distributed. Many of his close friends who discussed the various facets of Osho's work and his personality observed this simple ceremony. He also decided to hold a ceremony of letter birthday celebration every year. Rajneesh Ji has given some important tips of success to Dr. Kamal in the course of this letter. Could it ever be imagined that Osho would live also in this strange form? |