"My Consulate Years": Contents
First published in 1996 by Agni press, My Consultate Years presents some of Sri Chinmoy's recollections about his consulate colleagues, friends, early apartments and subway experiences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE: MY CONSULATE YEARS . . . p. 3 [almost all stories are available on this site]
Applying for a Position at the Indian Consulate
Becoming Permanent
The Passport and Visa Section
My Mental Arithmetic
Mr. Mehrotra’s Concern
My First Talk on Hinduism
An Amusing Anecdote
Bholanath’s Father
The Elevator Encounter
Mr. Mehrotra's Nobility
Our Reunion in San Francisco
Singing the French National Anthem
Consulate Colleagues
Manifestation Beginnings
Ghose Never Cuts Jokes
Two Brothers
Among Friends
Giving My First Spiritual Name in the West
Bringing Refeshments for Everyone
My Christian Friend
A Pronunciation Problem
Applying for Extra Work at Bloomingdales
Our Pay Day Tradition
A Quiet Place To Eat Lunch
The Ice Cream Man
A Letter to the Consul General
I Come From Chittagong
My First Harmonium
My First Musical Performance
The Accomplice
The Big Shot from India
India Day Picnic
How Could My Husband Die?
The Frightened Secretary
I Cannot Recognise You
The Consul General's Loss
Farewell to the Consul General
My First Camera
Diplomatic Privileges - Letters From Home
A Performance at the Indian Cultural Centre
Everything Changes
A Far-East Reunion
Our Paths Continue to Cross
All Excellent Smokers
The First and Last Time!
My Religion is the Best
Inner Blessings
A little Bit of Advice
Uncle, Uncle!
She Saw India Inside Me
No Money, No Money!
You Do Not belong Here
I Failed to Jacqueline Kennedy
A Special Friend
You Carry Two Worlds
Is That the Same Chinmoy?
My Letter of Resignation
Praise for Sri Chinmoy from Consultate Workers [title added]
PART TWO: FROM APARTMENT TO APARTMENT . . . p. 69 [almost all stories are available on this site]
Dire Poverty
A Short Walk to the Consulate
An Apartment Next to the Train Line
Saved by my Mother Kali
The Fat Sentry
Upstairs, Soul Repair!
PART THREE: MY SUBWAY EXPERIENCES . . . p. 77 [all available on this site]
Absent-Minded Hero
Mad Train Versus God's Will
Indians Cannot Tell a Lie
Two Revolvers
Surrender Not Accepted
A Nightmare Journey
My Scottish Father, My Indian Son
Getting Lost
Commuting From Brooklyn
PART FOUR: EARLY FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS . . . p. 93 [to become available on this site]
My Talk to the Walls [available on this site]
Attacked by Hostile Forces
He Believed in Light, Not God
The Lawyer's Promise [available on this site]
My Way of Chanting Aum [available on this site]
Sight-Seeing in Minneapolis [available on this site]
Something in My Eyes [available on this site]
A Reunion with Ida Patterson [available on this site]
My Beloved Woodstock [available on this site]
My First Driving Experience [available on this site]
Writing on a Napkin [available on this site]
The Time Difference [available on this site]
Learning to Drive in Woodstock [available on this site]
The Golden Purusha [available on this site]
The Heart and Soul of Woodstock [available on this site]
Riding the Escalator at the United Nations [available on this site]
The Never-Ending Grace [available on this site]
I Cannot Eat Meat [available on this site]
My Bus Experience [available on this site]
I Do Not Need Any Earthly Degree
The Ten-Cent Store [available on this site]
Second-Hand Clothes [available on this site]
Arthur's Spiritual Mother
Reading Out My Poems in a Fancy Restaurant [available on this site]
A Second Invitation
At the Ice Rink [available on this site]
Took Care of His Father [available on this site]
The Tooth-Maker-Disciple [available on this site]
My First Printer [available on this site]
I Still Remember Mr. Custer [available on this site]
My Adopted Grandmother [available on this site]
Going to Viet Nam
My Fleeting Smile [available on this site]
A Meeting With Paul Richard
A Divine Warrior
Getting a Green Card [available on this site]
THE FIRST MESSAGES . . . p. 135 [all to be available on this site]
New Year's Message For the Year 1966
Motto of the Aum Centres
New Year's Message for the Year 1967
Anniversary Message of 13 April 1967
A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY . . . p. 141 [available on this site]
APPENDIX . . . p. 145
