Tracts for His Times: Bande Mataram and Sri Aurobindo’s Anti-Colonial Discourse

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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 hypocritical behaviour, policies, strategies, rules and reforms framed by the colonial government as instances of ‘gross ingratitude’. His political speeches and journalistic writings not only challenged but also tried to subvert and undermine the ruling ideologies, ordinances, acts and policies with a view to overthrowing the hierarchies of the colonised and the coloniser. While registering his protest and resistance, he employed satiric techniques such as the process of diminution by witty juxtaposition and the establishment of unequal equation of the dignified with the admittedly trivial or undignified. Not only did the British rulers but also the leaders of the Moderate group in the Congress came under the scythe of his satiric writings.

The present study makes a modest attempt to situate Sri Aurobindo’s political writings published in the journal Bande Mataram in the context of its time and suggests that the text admirably addresses contemporary concerns and issues. In fact, Sri Aurobindo’s Bande Mataram initiates a strong anti-colonial oppositional discourse, very much set against the divisive politics of the colonial administration and emerges as a reference point to draw sustenance in our time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nanda Kishore Mishra

Nanda Kishre Mishra hails from the district of Sambalpur in orissa.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree on Sri Aurobindo's Savitri from Utkal University in 1985.  he is a senior Reader in English in the Orissa Education Service.  As a bilingual writer (both in English and in Oriya), he has authored four books and has substantially contributed critical articles to several learned anthologies and journals at the state as well as national level.  His long research career has been mainly devoted to the study and dissemination of Sri Aurobindo literature.  Dr. Mishra is currently on the teaching staff of the Department of English at Gangadhar Meher College (Autonomous), Sambalpur.

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Tracts for His Times: Bande Mataram and Sri Aurobindo’s Anti-Colonial Discourse
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1st. ed.
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9789352073023
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398p.,
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