Swamy Vivekananda is regarded as the greatest motivator of all time and people in India listen to his inspirational speeches to comeout of any problems.
Vivekananda is renowned for his speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893 when he addressed the gathering as "Sisters and brothers of America ...," prompting all Americans to give him standing ovation.
Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint and his birthday is celebrated there as National Youth Day. In the midst of all this shocking truth is comingout about Swamy Vivekananda's education.
A new book "The Modern Monk: What Vivekananda Means to Us Today" made shocking revelations that he scored only average marks in English and other subjects in the three university examinations.
Author Hindol Sengupta says "Born in the family of a rich lawyer, he was able to get pretty much the best available education - including studying at the famed Metropolitan Institution school in Calcutta. This was perhaps why he spoke and wrote English with the fluency of the British,"
He added "For a man whose erudition and English language skills were impressive enough to captivate thousands, not least the Americans at the Parliament of Religions and afterwards, his marks were dismal,"
He made shocking revelations saying "He took three university examinations - the entrance examination, the First Arts Standard (FA, which later became Intermediate Arts or IA) and the Bachelor of Arts (BA). His scores in the English language were 47 per cent at the entrance level, 46 per cent in FA and 56 per cent in BA,"
Swamy Vivekananda scored average marks even in mathematics and Sanskrit. This came as shocker to many of his ardernt fans.
