From Irish Revolution to Indian Freedom: Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of National Liberation

Abstract

Literature is extremely important for shaping the world that we live in today. It has served, and will continue to serve, as a source of propaganda. Safely saying, India celebrates nearly every revolution across the globe and literature plays a significant role. This comes along on the 78 years of India’s independence. It is important to note what pre independence literature had to serve for India’s freedom struggle. Other contemporary poets like Ghosh and Tagore lacked an insight of the socio-political and spiritual landscape of the country. Sri Aurobindo Ghose, easily grasped both the synthesis of the East and the West, and dipped into the spiritual resources poured out by the socalled masters of literature, be it Spenser, Milton or his English contemporaries. He fancied teaching patriotism as a form of religion. Whoever had the audacity to touch him became a recipient of courage due to the all might aura protecting him. This was both a shock and excitement for Indian politics.