Swami Vivekananda's grief after Chicago Address

After Swami Vivekananda had delivered his message in the Parliament, the Swami suffered no longer from material wants.The doors of the wealthy were thrown open. Their lavish hospitality made him sick at heart when he remembered the crushing poverty of his own people. His anguish became so intense one night that he rolled on the floor, groaning: 'O Mother, what do I care for name and fame when my motherland remains sunk in utmost poverty?To what a sad pass have we poor Indians come when millions of us die for want of a handful of rice, and here they spend millions of rupees upon their personal comfort!Who will raise the masses of India?Who will give them bread?Show me, O Mother, how I can help them.'While addressing one session of the Parliament, the Swami had said that what India needed was not religion, but bread.Now he began to study American life in its various aspects, especially the secret of the country's high standard of living and he communicated to his disciples in India his views on the promotion of her material welfare.

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