Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, June 25th, 1907 }   Morleyism Analysed   The fuller reports of Mr. Morley's speech to hand by mail do not in any essential point alter the impression that was produced by Reuter's summary. The whole of the speech turns upon a single sentence as its pivot— the statement that British rule will continue, ought to continue and must continue. Mr. Morley does not say for ever, but that is understood. It follows that if the continuance of British rule on any terms is the fundamental necessity, any and every means used for its preservation is legitimate. Compared with that supreme necessity justice does not matter, hu

Commercial and Educational Swarajya   My countrymen, I am greatly obliged to you for the reception you have given me. This is not respect paid to me, but to our motherland through me as medium. The people of whatever place I have been in have shown a wonderful enthusiasm, which clearly proves that national sentiments are enkindled in their bosoms. The thought of what we were two years ago, what things were liked by the people then, and what a change has taken place in the mental condition is very encouraging. From the time the Swadeshi movement was started by the Bengalis, we notice an exalted and self-sacrificing spirit in the conduc

Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, May 16th, 1907 }   Mr. Morley's Pronouncement   The attitude assumed by Mr. John Morley in answer to the questions in Parliament about the latest act of mediaeval tyranny, cannot surprise those who have something more than surface knowledge of English politics and English politicians. Those who have been behind the scenes in English political life, know perfectly well that there sincerity is an element which does not exist. Professions, principles, ideals are the tinsel and trappings of the stage; each politician is an actor who has a part to play and plays it, certain set sentiments to mouth and mouths them. B

Bhawani Mandir   This pamphlet, unsigned but certainly by Sri Aurobindo, was issued in 1905.     Cover of Bhawani Mandir   This copy of the pamphlet was put in as evidence in the Alipore Bomb Case (1908­09). Note the signature of Barindrakumar Ghose (Sri Aurobindo's brother and the chief accused in the case), police and court identification numbers, and other markings.     OM Namas Chandikayai.   A temple is to be erected and consecrated to Bhawani, the mother, among the hills. To all the children of the mother, the call is sent forth to help in the sacred work.   WHO IS BHAWANI?   Who is Bhaw

Part Three   Bande Mataram   under the Editorship of Sri Aurobindo 24 October 1906 ­ 27 May 1907 In October 1906 a joint-stock company, the Bande Mataram Printers and Publishers, Limited, was established in order to put the finances of the Bande Mataram on a secure basis. (A prospectus announcing the formation of the company is printed as the first piece in Appendix Two.) The company directors appointed Sri Aurobindo and Bipin Chandra Pal as joint editors of the newspaper. Soon afterwards Pal withdrew, leaving Sri Aurobindo in full charge of the Bande Mataram's editorial policy. No issue of the newspaper appeared between 16 and

Articles Published in Bande Mataram in November and December 1906   The Ideal 1. Bande Mataram 2. Prologue of Anandamath Nov 1. 1906 do   Mr. John Morley & his Policy . 1. The Settled Fact Again Nov 2. 1906   Mendicancy 1. By the Way 2. By the Way 3. Mr. Gokhale's Vision Nov 1. 1906 Nov 5. 1906 Nov 13. 1906

Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, November 4th, 1907 }   Difficulties at Nagpur   The difficulties experienced at Nagpur in bringing about the compromise which at one time seemed on the point of being effected, do not strike a mind outside the whirlpool of local excitement and controversy as either obvious or insurmountable; yet it is evident that so much importance is being attached to them as to seriously imperil the chance of a Congress session being held at all this year. It is imperative that some decision should be arrived at in the course of the next few days either one way or the other. Both sides lay the blame of the failure to arrive at an ag

Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, June 22nd, 1907 }   Mr. A. Chaudhuri's Policy   Mr. Ashutosh Chaudhuri has used the opportunity given to him by his selection for the chair of the Pabna Conference to make a personal pronouncement of policy. This is the second time that Mr. Chaudhuri has had an opportunity of this kind, the first being the Provincial conference at Burdwan. On that occasion he made a pronouncement which indicated a new departure in politics and created some flutter in the Congress dovecotes. It would not be accurate to say that the Burdwan pronunciamento influenced the course of affairs; the propounder of the new policy, if suc

Bande Mataram   { CALCUTTA, August 27th, 1906 }   Schools for Slaves   Mr. John Morley from his seat in Parliament professes Liberal principles as the guiding star of the Government of India; in India itself the various Governments openly and deliberately enforce reaction. The head master of the Thana High School punished certain students for forming a Debating Club in which they discussed Swadeshi. Several of the guardians insisted on their boys vindicating their natural rights, whereupon the head master promptly suspended them. The guardians, following strict constitutionalist principles, appealed to the Bombay Government; but a

Bande Mataram { CALCUTTA, June 6th, 1907 }   A Statement   Mr. John Morley has committed himself in the House of Commons to a trenchant and unqualified statement that the whole blame for the disturbances in East Bengal lies upon the Hindus who, by a violent and obstreperous boycott attended with coercion and physical force, have irritated the Mahomedans into revolt. Whether Mr. Morley made this statement out of a sweet trustfulness in the man on the spot or relying upon his philosophical judgment and innate powers of reasoning does not concern us at all. Everyone knows that the statement is untrue. The boycott was no doubt the final cause of the