Some names, which should naturally be included, were not there. I began to read the expressions appearing and disappearing on his face: it was difficult for him too. Even in old age a freshness remained on his face - just as it should remain - he had become more and more beautiful. Making a list is not easy, because the Indian sky is filled with so many stars! Who to cut, who to include?… Sumitranandan was a lovely man - extremely soft, extremely sweet - feminine. Sumitranandan Pant closed his eyes and slipped into thought…. The great Hindi poet, Sumitranandan Pant, once asked me: who in the vast sky of Indian religion are the twelve people, who in my opinion are the brightest shining stars? I gave him this list: Krishna, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira, Nagarjuna, Shankara, Gorakh, Kabir, Nanak, Meera, Ramakrishna and Krishnamurti.
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