Sri Aurobindo preached the doctrine of divinity in the motherland and stressed the need for awakening the spirit of the masses. He vehemently opposed the elitist programme of the Indian National Congress and adopted the programme of mass boycott to counter the dual policy of the colonial administration in granting concession on the one hand and ruthlessly suppressing the growth of nationalism in India on the other. In Bande Mataram he fearlessly condemned the ...
