After his five months in Dalhousie , Subhas bose was in better health, but not fully fit. He came back to Calcutta in early Oct. and went on to Sarat's house in Kurseong. Nehru was concerned with Muslims objection to the song 'Bande Mataram' from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Ananda Math , and widely used as a nationalist anthem.It was a Bengali, Hindu song which the Muslim league said the Congress was foisting it as a national anthem in callous disregard of the feelings of Muslims. Following Bose's advice Nehru discuss the matter with Rabindranath Tagore . later a song of Tagore's which was translated in Hindi and used as the National Anthem.Subhas had an extraordinary busy days.
With N.G.Ranga on th chair, Subhas spoke to a rally of 10,000 kisans and Kisan organisers in Shraddhananda Park on Oct 27, Subhas also presided over a meeting of the Provincial Trade Union Congress held in Calcutta.
Subhas used to live in his father's house, 38/2 Elgin Road but he used his brother's house at Woodburn Park or his garden house at Rishra for meeting guests.
On Nov 18, 1937, he left on a KLM plane for Europe.
After landing at the Naples airport, Bose, according to his account , was harassed and thoroughly searched and corresponded with him about arranging a secret interview with Mussolini during his return trip from Europe to India late in January. From Naples , Bose made his way by train to Badgastein , a spa in th mountains with a bracing climateand medicinal bath waters . He wrote of it in the Indian press in Dec.
The atmosphere of this mountain town and the radio active , warm, mineral watershad a positive effect on his health.
He asked Emilie Schenkl to join him in Badgastein and help him a writing project on which he had set his mind. , an autobiography , to be called an Indian Pilgrim.During a ten-day period in Badgestein , Bose wrote out a good part of the planned manuscript in long hand.
He was accustomed with self-analysis and a reader of Freud.During his stay in Badgestein with Emilie Schenkl for writing his manuscript, in Dec. 1937 he married Emilie Schenkl secretly. Bose placed t he development of love at the center of human life.
Bivabati, Sisir Kumar, Anita, Sarat Chandra (Sitting), Roma, Emilie and Chitra (Standing) at Vienna (November 1948)
Daughter Anita and Emilie at Vienna (November 1948)
A.C.N Nambiar, Heddy Fulop-Miller, Subhas Bose, Emilie and Amiya Nath Bose at Badgastein
He says in a note, 'As I have gradually turned from a purely spiritual ideal to a life of social service , my views on sex have undergone transformation.'
It is also worthwhile to note, that in advice to younger friends and relations in 1937 and 1938 , he advocated free choice in marriage , rather than arranged marriage by the parents of the prospective couple.
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