As India commemorates Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s 122nd birth anniversary and as one sees his dream and hopes for a free India being realised comprehensively, I look back in tribute to two of India’s and the state of Bengal’s greatest sons and patriots who were contemporaries and visionaries, each nurturing the dream of a great India in their innermost thoughts …
The current year marks the quarter-millennial anniversary of the birth of Raja Rammohun Roy. In order to get the drift of public opinion on Raja Rammohun Roy’s life and works, when one surveys the present-day mainstream media, as well as the supposedly more democratic social media platforms, one feels compelled to take statements like “already much has been said about …
It may seem nothing short of remarkable to reconcile such varying inclinations like poetry, politics, and spirituality but great people like Aurobindo Ghosh and Sarojini Devi ji have inspired us by actually doing so. Once more they came and almost held!’ Many scholars consider ‘Baji Prabhou’ as Sri Aurobindo Ghosh’s greatest contribution to the patriotic literature of his country. According …
Azadi, as in Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, is the word that our government has chosen to celebrate 75 years of our Independence. In the Bande Mataram of 31 December 1906, Sri Aurobindo himself describes how it came to be adopted by the Indian National Congress “in an inspired moment” by none other than its president, Dadabhai Naoroji. Foreshadowing the split …