The Soul of India is a reflection on Bipin Chandra Pal’s belief that writing could also inspire the masses in the struggle for independence. Pal was instrumental in the creation of a comprehensive and constructive ideology which would be the basis for what he described as the 'new patriotism'. Pal invoked the Hindu god Krishna as both a symbol and a means through which India's past could manifest itself in the present, as well as the future. The Soul of ...