BANDE MATARAM

SRI AUROBINDO

Contents

India Renascent	1890-92
New Lamps For Old	1893-94
Unity-An Open Letter
Bhawani Mandir
An Organisation
The Proposed Reconstruction Of Bengal- Partition Or Annihilation?

Bandemataram

A Note On "Bande Mataram"
The Doctrine Of Passive Resistance
I. Introduction	11-04-1907
II. Its Objects	12-04-1907
III.Its Necessity	13-04-1907
IV. Its Methods	17-04-1907
V. Its Obligations	18/19-04-1907
VI. Its Limits	20-04-1907
VII. Conclusions	23-04-1907
The Morality Of Boycott

Bandemataram

Daily

Darkness In "Light"	20-08-1906
Our Rip Van Winkles	20-08-1906
Indian Abroad	20-08-1906
Officials On The Fall Of Fuller	20-08-1906
Cow - Killing	20-08-1906
National Education And The Congress	22-08-1906
A Pusillanimous Proposal	25-08-1906
By The Way	27-08-1906
The "Mirror" And Mr. Tilak	28-08-1906
Leaders In Council	28-08-1906
By The Way	30-08-1906
Lessons At Jamalpur	1-9-1906
By The Way	1-9-1906
By The Way	3-9-1906
English Enterprise And Swadeshi	4-9-1906
Jamalpur	4-9-1906
By The Way	4-9-1906
The Times On Congress Reforms	8-9-1906
By The Way	8-9-1906
The "Sanjibani" On Mr. Tilak	10-9-1906
Secret Tactics	10-9-1906
By The Way	10-9-1906
The Question Of The Hour	11-9-1906
A Criticism	11-9-1906
The Old Policy And The New	12-9-1906

Is A Conflict Necessary?	12-9-1906
The Charge Of Vilification	12-9-1906
Autocratic Trickery	12-9-1906
The Bhagalpur Meeting	12-9-1906
By The Way	12-9-1906
Strange Speculations	13-9-1906
The "Statesman" Under Inspiration	13-9-1906
A Disingenuous Defence	14-9-1906
The Friend Found Out	17-9-1906
Stopgap Won't Do	17-9-1906
By The Way	17-9-1906
Is Mendicancy Successful?	18-9-1906
By The Way	18-9-1906
Mischievous Writings	20-9-1906
A Luminous Line	20-9-1906
By The Way	20-9-1906
By The Way	1-10-1906
By The Way	10-10-1906
By The Way	11-10-1906
The Coming Congress	13-10-1906
Statesman's Sympathy Brand	29-10-1906
By The Way : News From Nowhere	29-10-1906

The Man Of The Past And The Man Of The Future	26-12-1906
The Results Of The Congress	31-12-1906
Yet There Is Method In It	25-2-1906
Mr Gokhale's Disloyalty	28-2-1906
The Comilla Incident	15-3-1907
British Protection Or Self-Protection	18-3-1907
By The Way	21-3-1907
The Berhampur Conference	29-3-1907
The President Of The Berhampur Conference	2-4-1907
Peace And The Autocrats	3-4-1907
Many Delusions	5-4-1907
Omissions And Commissions At Berhampur	6-4-1907
The Writing On The Wall	8-4-1907
A Nil- Admirari Admirer	9-4-1907
Pherozshahi At Surat	10-4-1907
The Situation In East Bengal	11-4-1907
The Proverbial Offspring	12-4-1907
By The Way	12-4-1907
By The Way	13-4-1907
The Old Year	16-4-1907
A Vilifier On Vilification	17-4-1907
By The Way: A Mouse In A Flutter	17-4-1907
Simple, Not Rigorous	18-4-1907
British Interests And British Conscience	18-4-1907
A Recommendation	18-4-1907

An Ineffectual Sedition Clause	19-4-1907
The "Englishman" As A Statesman	19-4-1907
The Gospel According to Surendranath	22-4-1907
A Man Of Second Sight	23-4-1907
Passive Resistance In The Punjab	23-4-1907
By The Way	24-4-1907
Bureaucracy At Jamalpur	25-4-1907
Is This Your Lion Of Bengal?	25-4-1907
Anglo-Indian Blunderers	25-4-1907
The Leverage Of Faith	25-4-1907
Graduated Boycott	26-4-1907
Instinctive Loyalty	26-4-1907
Nationalism Not Extremism	26-4-1907
Shall India Be Free? The Loyalist Gospel	27-4-1907
The Mask Is Off	27-4-1907
A Loyalist In A Panic	27-4-1907
Shall India Be Free? National Development And Foreign Rule	29-4-1907
Shall India Be Free?	30-4-1907
Moonshine For Bombay Consumption	1-5-1907
The "Reformer" On Moderation	1-5-1907
Shall India Be Free? Unity And British Rule	2-5-1907
Extremism In The "Bengalee"	2-5-1907
Hare Or Another	3-5-1907
Look On This Picture, Then On That	3-5-1907
Curzonism For The University	8-5-1907

By The Way	9-5-1907
The Crisis	11-5-1907
In Praise Of The Government	13-5-1907
How To Meet The Ordinance	15-5-1907
The Latest Phase Of Morleyism	15-5-1907
An Old Parrot Cry Repeated	15-5-1907
Mr Morley's Pronouncement	16-5-1907
What Does Mr. Hare Mean	16-5-1907
The "Statesman" Unmasks	17-5-1907
Sui Generis	17-5-1907
The "Statesman" On Mr. Mudholkar	20-5-1907
Silent Leaders	20-5-1907
The Government Plan Of Campaign	22-5-1907
And Still It Moves	23-5-1907
An Irish Example	24-5-1907
The East Bengal Disturbances	25-5-1907
Newmania	25-5-1907
Mr. Gokhale On Deportation	25-5-1907
The Gilded Sham Again	27-5-1907
National Volunteers	27-5-1907

Bande Mataram	Daily	Weekly
The True Meaning Of The Risley Circular	28-5-1907	2-6-1097
The Effect Of Petitionary Politics	29-5-1907
The Ordinance And After	30-5-1907
Common Sense In An Unexpected Quarter	30-5-1907
Drifting Away	30-5-1907
The Question Of The Hour	1-6-1907	2-6-1907
Regulated Independence	4-6-1907	9-6-1907
A Consistent "Patriot"	4-6-1907
Wanted, A Policy	5-6-1907	9-6-1907
Preparing The Explosion	5-6-1907
A Statement	6-6-1907	9-6-1907
Defying The Circular	7-6-1907	9-6-1907
By The Way: When Shall We Three Meet Again?	7-6-1907	9-6-1907
The Strength Of The Idea	8-6-1907	9-6-1907
Comic Opera Reforms	8-6-1907	9-6-1907
Paradoxical Advice	8-6-1907	9-6-1907
An Out Of Date Reformer	12-6-1907	16-6-1907
The Sphinx	14-6-1907
Slow But Sure	17-6-1907
The Rawalpindi Sufferers	18-6-1907
The Main Feeder Of Patriotism	19-6-1907	23-6-1907
Concerted Action	20-6-1907
The Bengal Government's Letter	20-6-1907	23-6-1907
British Justice	21-6-1907	23-6-1907

The Moral Of The Coconada Strike	21-6-1907	23-6-1907
The "Statesman" On Shooting	21-6-1907	23-6-1907
Mr. A. Chowdhury's Policy-	22-6-1907	23-6-1907
A Current Dodge	22-6-1907
More About British Justice	24-6-1907	30-6-1907
Morleyism Analysed	25-6-1907	30-6-1907
Political Or Non-Political	25-6-1907	30-6-1907
The "Statesman" On Mr. Chowdhuri	26-6-1907
"Legitimate Patriotism"	27-6-1907
Personal Rule And Freedom Of Speech And Writing	28-6-1907	30-6-1907
The Acclamation Of The House	2-7-1907
Europe And Asia	3-7-1907	7-7-1907
English Obduracy And Its Reason	11-7-1907	14-7-1907
Work And Speech	*12-7-1907	14-7-1907
From Phantom To Reality	13-7-1907	14-7-1907
Swadeshi In Education	13-7-1907	14-7-1907
Boycott And After	15-7-1907	21-7-1907
The Khulna Comedy	20-7-1907	21-7-1907
The Korean Crisis	22-7-1907	22-7-1907
One More For The Altar	25-7-1907	28-7-1907
The Issue	29-7-1907	4-8-1907
The 7th Of August	6-8-1907	11-8-1907
The "Indian Patriot" On Ourselves	6-8-1907	11-8-1907
To Organise	6-8-1907	11-8-1907
A Compliment And Some Misconceptions	12-8-1907

Pal On The Brain	12-8-1907
To Organise Boycott	14-8-1907	14-8-1907
The Foundations Of Nationality	14-8-1907	18-8-1907

Barbarities At Rawalpindi	*19-8-1907	25-8-1907
The High Court Miracles	*19-8-1907	25-8-1907
Justice Mitter And Swaraj	*19-8-1907	25-8-1907

Advice To National College Students(Speech)	25-8-1907
Sankharitola's Apologia	24-8-1907	25-8-1907
Our False Friends	26-8-1907

Repression And Unity	*27-8-1907	1-9-1907
The Three Unities Of Sankharitola	*11-8-1907	1-9-1907

Eastern Renascence	3-9-1907	8-9-1907
The Martyrdom Of Bepin Chandra	12-9-1907	15-9-1907
The Unhindu Spirit Of Caste Rigidity	20-9-1907	22-9-1907
Caste And Democracy	22-9-1907	22-9-1907
Impartial Hospitality	23-9-1907
Free Speech	24-9-1907	29-9-1907
"Bande Mataram" Prosecution	25-9-1907	29-9-1907
The Chowringhee Pecksniff And Ourselves	26-9-1907	29-9-1907
The "Statesman" In Retreat	28-9-1907	6-10-1907
True Swadeshi	4-10-1907
Novel Ways To Peace	5-10-1907	6-10-1907
"Armenian Horrors"	5-10-1907	6-109-1907
The Vanity Of Reaction	7-10-1907	13-10-1907
The Price Of A Friend	7-10-1907	13-10-1907
A New Literary Departure	7-10-1907	13-10-1907
Mr. Keir Hardie And India	8-10-1907	8-10-1907
The Nagpur Affair And True Unity	23-10-1907	27-10-1907
The Nagpur Imbroglio	29-10-1907	3-11-1907
English Democracy Shown Up	31-10-1907	3-11-1907
How To Meet The Inevitable Repression	2-11-1907
Difficulties At Nagpur	4-11-1907	10-11-1907
Mr. Tilak And The Presidentship	5-11-1907	10-11-1907
Nagpur And Loyalist Methods	16-11-1907	17-11-1907
The Life Of Nationalism	16-11-1907	17-11-1907
By The Way: In Praise Of Honest John	18-11-1907	24-11-1907

Bureaucratic Policy	19-11-1907	24-11-1907
The New Faith	30-11-1907	1-12-1907
About Unity	2-12-1907	8-12-1907
Personality Or Principle	3-12-1907	8-12-1907
Persian Democracy	3-12-1907	8-12-1907
More About Unity	4-12-1907	8-12-1907
By The Way	5-12-1907	8-12-1907
Caste And Representation	6-12-1907	8-12-1907
About Unmistakable Terms	12-12-1907	15-12-1907
The Surat Congress	13-12-1907	15-12-1907
Reasons Of Secession	14-12-1907	15-12-1907
The Awakening Of Gujerat	17-12-1907	22-12-1907
"Capturing The Congress"	18-12-1907	22-12-1907
Lala Lajpat Rai's Refusal	18-12-1907	22-12-1907
The Delegates' Fund	18-12-1907	22-12-1907
The Present Situation (Speech)	19-1-1908
Bande Mataram (Speech)	29-1-1908
Revolutions And Leadership	6-2-1908	9-2-1908

The Slaying Of Congress (A Tragedy In Three Acts)

*11-15-2-1908

16-23-2-1908

Swaraj	18-2-1908	23-2-1908
The Future Of The Movement	19-2-1908
Work And Ideal	20-2-1908	23-2-1908
By The Way	20-2-1908	23-2-1908
The Latest Sedition Trial	21-2-1908	23-2-1908
The Soul And India's Mission	21-2-1908	1-3-1908
The Glory Of God In Man	22-2-1908	1-3-1908
A National University	24-2-1908	1-3-1908
A Misconception	24-2-1908	1-3-1908
Mustafa Kamil Pasha	3-3-1908	8-3-1908
A Great Opportunity	4-3-1908	8-3-1908
The Strike At Tuticorin	4-3-1908	8-3-1908
Swaraj And The Coming Anarchy	5-3-1908	8-3-1908
Back To The Land	6-3-1908	8-3-1908

The Village And The Nation

*8-3-1908

Welcome To The Prophet Of Nationalism	10-3-1908
The Voice Of The Martyrs	11-3-1908
Constitution-Making	11-3-1908
What Committee?	11-3-1908	15-3-1908
A Great Message	12-3-1908	15-3-1908
The Tuticorin Victory	13-3-1908	15-3-1908
Perpetuate The Split!	14-3-1908	15-3-1908
Loyalty To Order	14-3-1908	15-3-1908
Asiatic Democracy	16-3-1908	22-3-1908
Charter Or No Charter	16-3-1908
The Warning From Madras	17-3-1908	22-3-1908
The Need Of The Moment	18-3-1908	22-3-1908
The Early Indian Polity	20-3-1908	22-3-1908
The Fund For Sj. Pal	21-3-1908	22-3-1908
The Weapon Of Secession	23-3-1908	29-3-1908
Sleeping Sirkar And Waking People	23-3-1908	29-3-1908
Anti- Swadeshi In Madras	23-3-1908	29-3-1908
Exclusion Or Unity?	24-3-1908
Biparita Buddhi	24-3-1908
Oligarchy Or Democracy?	25-3-1908	29-3-1908
Freedom Of Speech	26-3-1908	29-3-1908
The Comedy Of Repression	26-3-1908	29-3-1908
Tomorrow's Meeting	27-3-1908	29-3-1908
Well Done, Chidambaram!	27-3-1908	29-3-1908
The Anti-Swadeshi Campaign	27-3-1908	29-3-1908
Spirituality And Nationalism	28-3-1908	29-3-1908
The Struggle In Madras	30-3-1908
A Misunderstanding	30-3-1908
The Next Step	31-3-1908	5-4-1908
A Strange Expectation	31-3-1908	5-4-1908
A Prayer	31-3-1908
India And The Mongolian	1-4-1908
Religion And The Bureaucracy	1-4-1908
The Milk Of Putana	1-4-1908
Oligarchy Rampant	2-4-1908
The Question Of The President	3-4-1908	5-4-1908
Convention And Conference	4-4-1908	5-4-1908
By The Way	4-4-1908	5-4-1908
The Constitution Of The Subjects Committee	6-4-1908
The New Ideal	7-4-1908	12-4-1908
The "Indu And The Dhulia Conference	8-4-1908
The Asiatic Role	9-4-1908	12-4-1908
Love Me Or Die	9-4-1908
The Work Before Us	10-4-1908	12-4-1908
Campbell-Bannerman Retires	10-4-1908	12-4-1908
United Congress (Speech)	10-4-1908
The Demand Of The Mother	11-4-1908	12-4-1908
Baruipur Speech	12-4-1908
Peace And Exclusion	13-4-1908
Indian Resurgence And Europe	14-4-1908	19-4-1908
Om Shantih	14-4-1908	19-4-1908
Conventionalist And Nationalists	18-4-1908	19-4-1908
The Future And The Nationalists	22-4-1908	26-4-1908
The Wheat And The Chaff	23-4-1908	26-4-1908
Party And The Country	24-4-1908	26-4-1908
The "Bengalee" Facing-Both-Ways	24-4-1908	26-4-1908
Providence And Perorations	24-4-1908	26-4-1908
The One Thing Needful	25-4-1908	26-4-1908
Palli Samiti (Speech)	26-4-1908
New Conditions	29-4-1908	3-5-1908
Whom To Believe?	29-4-1908	3-5-1908
By The Way: The Parable Of Sati	29-4-1908	3-5-1908
Leaders And A Conscience	30-4-1908	3-5-1908
An Ostrich In Colootola	30-4-1908	3-5-1908
I Cannot Join	30-4-1908	3-5-1908
By The Way	30-4-1908
Ideals Face To Face	*1-5-1908	3-5-1908
The New Nationalism

Bibliographical Note

Contents arranged subjectwise

Undated May (?) 1960

(Letter to Mother from Satprem)

Pondicherry

Mother,

You sent me this flower, 'Vital Collaboration.' I am taking this opportunity to tell you something which has been weighing on my heart for years and which, naturally, comes back up whenever things go badly.

I have been here seven years and I can't count a single concrete experience, not a single vision (the only things that have ever happened were in Ceylon or Rameswaram). I haven't even managed to have a few slightly conscious nights.

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Isn't this reason enough to be discouraged? In any case, these questions are stirring in me - and the vital is not happy [nor the mental, nor the physical].

Excuse me if I speak too frankly.

Signed: Satprem

June 3, 1960

(Letter to Mother from Satprem)

Pondicherry, June 3, 1960

Sweet Mother,

I'm a bit discouraged. Every night I slip into a black abyss from which I wake up in the morning drained. Not one second of conscious sleep. It takes me an hour to recuperate from my 'sleep'. In fact, I am constantly 'on edge' and the least thing exhausts my body.

But that's nothing. I would bear all the exhaustion quite willingly if there were at least a touch of something conscious. But nothing, as if I were as thick as a Paris concierge!

Mother, there is hardly an instant of my conscious life that I am not aspiring for 'more consciousness' - but there's still this abyss I slip into at night, as if nothing existed!

Pardon my "rumblings. If only at least I knew what I could do to change all this.

Your child,

Signed: Satprem

(Mother's reply)

Sunday afternoon

My dear child,

The best rest is to enter into the inner silence for a few moments.

Blessings.

Signed: Mother

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