National Situation in Which Vivekananda was born (contd-2)

Narendranath was born when Hindu Society was on the way to regain its dynamism. Narendranath's immediate family members was also victims of oppression from higher caste. Kalinath Ghosh was a man related to him from his maternal side. He became a Christian at the age of fourteen and since then was never heard of.The only child of Ramtanu Basu's widowed third daughter, Tarini Kumar Mitra, was another relative converted to Christianity by Rev. K.M.Banerjee at the age of fourteen. And terribly became the condition of his mother who was thenceforth forced to lead a life full of sadness loneliness and pathos. This Tarini Kumar Mitra and his son had to keep their distance from the Hindu society all along.
The late Gobinda Chandra Datta of the  Rambagan Datta family got a highly remunerative post at Bombay. he had to join this post by making a sea voyage round the Cape of Comorin. as there was no rail road joining Calcutta to Bombay at that time. After his return he was socially ostracized for crossing the black waters. Instead of submitting to the dictates of the society he adopted a defiant attitude and became a Christian. Gobinda Chandra later on went to England with his family. Three years later Gobinda Chandra returned home. His wife, Srimati Kshetrniani Devi, was also related to Narendranath and his elder sister Swarnamayee, used to narrate how one of their aunts whose elder sister Kshetramani was once took her along with her own daughter to visit this lady. At the time of the said visit Kshatramani was taking her meal. Swarnamayee told them that she had often taken meal from her plate but this time when she took meal from her plate she was astonishingly came to know that they do not belong to their Hindu Society.
The mentality of the orthodox Hindus of the period is well reflected by the two dramas of Madhusudan Datta in his books, 1. Buro saliker Ghare Ron , and 2. Elai ki Bale sabhyata .
Narendranath had the advantage of being born in a family which had been visited by notables like Maharshi Debendranath etc.
The great poet Ishwar Chanda Gupta used to visit their house very often.Their grandfather's cousin Gopal Chandra was a prominent member of the Bethune society and one-time disciple of Maharshi Debendranath. His uncle Taraknath was a member of the Brahmo Samaj and along with Umanath Gupta became its joint secretary. But he staged a walkout with Keshab Chandra Sen.He was also a member of Brahmabodhini Sabha, a society for the advancement of women.