{"id":2771,"date":"2013-07-13T01:43:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:43:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:43:44","slug":"32-bande-mataram-1-10-06-vol-06-07-bande-mataram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/06-07-bande-mataram\/32-bande-mataram-1-10-06-vol-06-07-bande-mataram","title":{"rendered":"-32_Bande Mataram 1-10-06.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t
\n\t
\nBande Mataram <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t{ CALCUTTA, October 1st, 1906
\n\t}<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tBy the Way
\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tTo the onlooker the duel between the Statesman <\/i>and the Englishman <\/i>is extremely amusing. The interests of Anglo-India are safe
\nin the hands of both; only they differ as to the extent to which the alien yoke should be made light. The
\nEnglishman <\/i>advocates
\nan open and straightforward course\u2014 to make the Indians feel that they are a conquered people\u2014 as helpless in the hands of
\nthe conquerors as was the dwarf of the story in the iron grip of the giant. The
\nStatesman<\/i>, on the other hand, wants to cover the
\nheels of British boots with soft velvet. We, for ourselves, prefer an open course to a crooked policy.
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t* <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tThe fun of the thing is that from consideration of methods they
\nhave descended to personalities. The Englishman <\/i>credits the Statesman
\n<\/i>with the instinct to follow Mr. Surendranath Banerji
\nwith doglike fidelity. To this the Statesman <\/i>replies\u2014 “Strange as it may appear to the
\nEnglishman<\/i>, we are in the habit of forming
\nour own opinions and of expressing them without any extraneous assistance\u2014 even from the Bar Library, or elsewhere. Mr.
\nBanerji has certainly not done us the honour of tendering his help, nor have we found it necessary to invite it.” We take our
\ncontemporary at his word. But we may be permitted to ask our contemporary if the paragraph about the
\nNew India <\/i>to which we
\nreferred the other day was not written under some extraneous inspiration,\u2014 white or brown? Next, our Chowringhee contemporary boasts of his independent policy and fearless proclamation of it. “In order”, says our contemporary, “to attain a
\nwide circulation and a position of influence, it is not enough to   
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\n

\n\tfollow the example which this journal set a quarter of a century
\nago by reducing its price to an anna. If the Englishman <\/i>is ever again to become a force in journalism it must copy the
\nStatesman<\/i>
\nin matters of greater importance than the mere cost of its daily issue. It must learn to have an honest and independent policy and
\nto proclaim it fearlessly.” And our contemporary seems to think that men’s lapses like their civil claims are barred by limitation,
\nor he has a very conveniently short memory, or how could he otherwise so soon forget the dangerous position he was placed
\nin at the time of the Rent Bill controversy and the way out he found by removing Mr. Riach, the responsible editor?
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t* <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tAfter all we do not despair. There is yet some hope left for our
\ncontemporary, for he can still understand that\u2014 “it is possible for a newspaper, as for an individual, to err at times and honestly
\nto advocate views which may be mistaken.” <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t*
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Indian Mirror <\/i>has, after all, found one good point in the armour of the “extremists”, they will not stand any humbug,
\nsays our ancient contemporary; and no one will dare question the truth of his opinion, for he speaks clearly from personal
\nexperience. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t*
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tBabu Surendranath Banerji is reported to have advised the youthful students of Bally “to keep themselves within the limits
\nof law and never, in their excitement, run into excesses but always to serve their motherland with unflinching devotion,
\nthrough good report and evil<\/i>,” and the old leader is right, because latest experience shows that Indian publicists and patriots
\nhave good reason to stand in fear of reports. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t*
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Indian Mirror <\/i>is surprised that we are resting on our oars when the Congress-bark should be fast sailing. The light that
\n   
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\n

\n\tthe Mirror <\/i>is reflecting is both dim and antiquated in these days
\nof radium and X-rays. Our information is that the “recognised” leaders are making arrangements for the Congress, though even
\nthe Mirror <\/i>has not been taken into their confidence. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t*
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tThe old saw was that a mountain in labour produced a mouse. But the modern saw is that the Indian politicians in labour
\nproduce speeches and interviews. Somehow the information has leaked out that the Hon’ble Mr. Gokhale’s recent visit to
\nEngland has not been much of a success. Now Sir William Wedderburn comes to the rescue of the Bombay patriot and
\nsays that the Hon’ble gentleman had a series of interviews with eminent British politicians from the Prime Minister down to 150
\npro-Indian MPs. Achievement indeed! <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t*
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t“Star to star vibrates light”\u2014 is there also a similar responsiveness between mind and matter, or else why should there be so
\nfearful a tremor in mother earth, keeping time, as it were, to the nervous tremors of the bold British and the timid Indian heart,
\nat the present Indian unrest in Bengal caused by Sonar Bangla<\/i> and the Shanti-Sechan?
\n    <\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t
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