Talk:Swarn Pakhi Tha Jo Kabhi Aur Ab Hai Bhikhari Jagat Ka (स्वर्ण पाखी था जो कभी और अब है भिखारी जगत का)
All four volumes of Swarn Pakhi the über-series are somewhat to very obscure, only Bharat Jalte having been published since the 70s, but this volume may be the most obscure of them all, that despite its being the overall title. Its entitihood is saved by audio, where it is not just available but the master title for the others.
An anomaly to be worked out regards the number of discourses. Few places offer any information at all about Swarn Pakhi' the component volume. Most that do say there are ten discourses in the single-vol Swarn Pakhi. All the audio sites are consistent that there are 23 discourses in the über-series. Ten plus the others should add up to 24 though, so something is awry.
The only place i could find with more specific info about the single-vol Swarn Pakhi was osho.com, which had a kind of TOC. It represents audio titles of course and is a bit strange in some respects, the most obvious being the numbering system. It is presented below as it was found:
- 0:
- 0:
- 1: क्रांति की वैज्ञानिक प्रक्रिया
- 2: क्रांति के बीच सबसे बड़ी दीवाल
- 3: प्रगतिशील कौन?
- 5: समाज परिवर्तन के चौराहे पर: 1
- 6: समाज परिवर्तन के चौराहे पर: 2
- 7: आज की राजनीति
- 8: भारत किस ओर
- 10: भारत के निर्णायक क्षण
- 11: नया भारत
Leaving aside the 0's and the missing #4 and 9, one fact that emerges is that there are nine discourses surviving with real titles. For now let this be the gold standard, since it makes the sacred total come to 23.
Regarding dates and places, Neeten (see Osho Source Book link at his page) is the source with the most info, albeit in somewhat rough form. But there is only one entry for Swarn Pakhi per se, a single date in his Appendix, Apr 1, 1970 in Bombay. We may suppose that this is one of its discourses; the others may be scattered around discontinuously or may be all in one chunk, since there is a decent-size gap following that time (see Osho Discourses 1970). There IS a talk the day before, Mar 31, in Jabalpur, which may or may not be a conflict, ie travel time might be prohibitive.
The relevant section of the Appendix below has the one entry mentioned for Swarn Pakhi plus three entries for Samajwad Se Savdhaan, which can be understood as it and the other two volumes. It reads:
- Samajwad Se Savdhaan. 13-17.03.1970. 5 talks. Bombay. [(Bharat Ke Jalte Prashan (भारत के जलते प्रश्न))]
- Vidroh Kya Hai? 31.03.1970. [the talk in Jabalpur]
- Swarn Pakhi Tha Jo Kabhi (India, Socialism, Gandhi, Communism). 01.04.1970. Bombay. (A)
- Samajvaad Se Saavdhan. 13.04-17.04.1970. [(The real Samajwad Se Savdhan (समाजवाद से सावधान))]
- [ . . . ]
- Samajwad Se Savdhaan. 08-11.08.1970. 4 talks. [(Samajvad Arthat Atmaghat (समाजवाद अर्थात आत्मघात))]
