Chapter 8
1. Karan Singh, Prophet of Indian Nationalism (Bombay: Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, 1967). For critical understanding, also see D. P. Chattopadhyay, Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx: Integral Sociology and Dialectical Sociology (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987), pp. xi–xvii.
2. Aurobindo never met Gandhi nor corresponded with him. He was a bitter critic of Gandhian central approach, be it non-violence or Satyagrah or Hindu-Muslim unity. Gandhi too knew him only by his reputation and Gandhi Ashrams used to have his photos hanging on the walls.
3. Aurobindo, On Nationalism: Selected Writings and Speeches (Pondichery: Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 1996), p. 174.
4. ‘Europe and Asia’ in Vande Mataram, 3 July 1907.
5. Dharma, ‘The meaning of freedom’ ...
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