Book Review – Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal
“This book lifts a veil revealing a vast, restless world of freedom fighters whose names, sacrifices, and dreams were quietly pushed out of our textbooks.”
Sri Aurobindo in Politics – An Eye-witness Account
This excerpt reveals the character and attitude of Sri Aurobindo as a politician when he was leading the Nationalist or Extremist Party.
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The Mighty Pen of Sri Aurobindo: Bande Mataram
This excerpt by Sujata Nahar highlights the mighty ‘journalistic’ pen of Sri Aurobindo which he used so effectively to awaken the nation.
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Sri Aurobindo: The Avatar and Lover of Humanity – 1
The theme of Sri Aurobindo’s immense, deep Divine Love for the earth and all Life on earth keeps shining through this moving account.
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On Indian Nationalism and Yoga
This writing from Karmayogin speaks perfectly of the deeper nationalism which is compatible with the eternal Indian spirit. What was true for the Indian freedom movement remains valid today, in the sense that similar level of tapasya, pursuit of wisdom and invocation of shakti is demanded for building a future India that is true to her inner genius.
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The Indian Nation and Unity in Diversity
These passages highlight some of Sri Aurobindo’s insights on the true nature of Indian nation towards which we must aspire and work. The specific focus is on the point that the idea of unity in diversity is inherent in the very nature of Indian idea of nation. We also get important hints in these passages on the Hindu spirit of Indian nationalism, a topic that is very timely and significant for today’s and tomorrow’s India.
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Sri Aurobindo’s Work for India’s Political Liberation
Written by Vijay Poddar as his second quarterly test answer in the 1st year of Higher Course at SAICE, this was published in Mother India, 15 August 1962.
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Of Moral Violence and Gandhian Ahimsa
In addition to the article by M. P. Pandit we also include some remarks made by Sri Aurobindo in 1923 regarding the Gandhian method of Satyagraha of Ahimsa.
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Major Somnath Sharma, PVC – The ‘Saviour of Kashmir’ (Part 2)
We continue with part 2 of the biography of Major Somnath Sharma, the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra in independent India.
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