Subhas was introduced to his spiritual Guru Vivekananda by one of his relatives, Suhrit Chandra Mitra who had come to Cuttack. In his house Subhas discovered a set of Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.
Syed Muztaba Ali was a famous Bengali writer who lived in close contact with Rabindranath Tagore in Shantiniketan for a long time. A great scholar, he was above all narrowness and was a master of Sans