PART II SRI AUROBINDO AND INDIAN CULTURAL RENAISSANCE When I think of the subject my mind goes back to the nineties of the last century and the first decade of our century The urge for political freedom was becoming irresistible. In my memory I still see my old uncle scolding my elder brother, the late Sri C. B. Purani, for holding nationalist views as against the philosophy of moderatism; his arguments were logically sound. The incident and the subsequent trend of events that followed brings home to us a great truth that the intellect is not always able to give correct guidance, especially in moments of individual or nati