खेत में बीज पड़ जाए तो वह अपने आप अंकुरित हो जाता है। जब बीज अंकुरित होता है, तब कोई जान नहीं पाता- कोई देख नहीं पाता। किन्तु एक बार बीज पड़ जाए और बीज डालने वाला कहीं भी क्यों न रहे धीरे-धीरे अंकुर से वृक्ष सिर ऊँचा कर खड़ा हो जाता है। शुरू में वृक्ष उंगली बराबर होता है, जिसे देखकर भी कोई देख नहीं पाता। क्रमशः वह तिल-तिल बढ़ता जाता है और फिर वृक्ष आधा हाथ, एक हाथ, दो हाथ के बराबर हो जाता है। तब भी अगर उससे किसी की स्वार्थ-सिद्धि की संभावना न रहे तो उसकी ओर कोई देखता नहीं या देखकर भी नहीं देखता। - बंकिमचन्द्र चट्टोपाध्याय
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was a prominent Indian writer, poet, and journalist who lived from June 26 or 27, 1838, to April 8, 1894.
He is best known for composing "Vande Mataram," a national song of India that was originally a Bengali and Sanskrit hymn portraying India as a mother goddess.
The song inspired activists during the Indian Independence Movement.
Chattopadhyay wrote 13 or 14 novels, including "Anandamath," which is considered one of the landmarks of modern Bengali and Indian literature.
He also authored several serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific, and critical articles in Bengali.
His works were widely translated into other regional languages of India.
Educated at Hooghly Mohsin College and the University of Calcutta, Chattopadhyay served as a deputy magistrate and deputy collector from 1858 until his retirement in 1891.
He was born into an orthodox Brahmin family and is known as Sahitya Samrat (Emperor of Literature) in Bengali.
Chattopadhyay is widely regarded as a key figure in the literary renaissance of Bengal and the broader Indian subcontinent.
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