Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar was a leading Homoeopath of Kolkata during the second half of the nineteenth century. He was also blessed by providence to be Sri Ramakrishna's doctor after Sri Ramakrishna developed cancer of the throat. In this book, readers will get a glimpse into Dr. Sarkar's multifaceted personality and also into the intimate relationship he enjoyed with Sri Ramakrishna.
I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
-Swami Vivekananda