Sri Ananda

Sri Ananda (real name, Ratan Das), B.Sc., B.H.M.S., is by profession a lyricist and known as a great scholar for his vast research on Bengali Folk Music, for which he was awarded by the Nazrul Padak from Bangladesh in 2006. His spiritual teacher was Revered Swami Prameyananda, former vice-president of the Belur Math, the head quarter of the Ramakrishna Order. He had worked with many renowned music directors and singers of India. More than two hundred lyrics written by him have been recorded by many legend singers of India. He has written number of lyrics for TV serials and Film, both in Bengali and Hindi.

Sri Ananda came to limelight as a scholar by the publication of Adwitiya Vivekananda (Vols. I and II), the most comprehensive biography of Swami Vivekananda in Bengali. His other books include Amritarashodhara (lyrical form of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna), and Sonar Chele Narendranath (a book in Bengali on the life of Swami Vivekananda). Swami Vivekananda—A Great Son of India, Biography of Vivekananda in short for students. He is also the editor of Anandam, a famous quarterly magazine (in Bengali and English), which is also available in Face book page named Anandam Patrika. He has received following awards: Life Time Achievement Award, Anuran, Delhi, in 1989; Gitbharati by Surabharati Sangit Parishad, Kolkata, in 2012; and Advaita Malla Barman Award, in 2013.