{"id":2788,"date":"2013-07-13T01:43:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:43:49","slug":"67-bande-mataram-1-5-07-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\/67-bande-mataram-1-5-07-vol-06-07-bande-mataram","title":{"rendered":"-67_Bande Mataram 1-5-07.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tCALCUTTA, May 1st, 1907 }
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\nMoonshine for Bombay Consumption
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\nThe Calcutta correspondent of the Indu Prakash <\/i>seems to be an adept in fitting his news to the likings of his clientele. He
\nhas discovered that the old party and the new are united not against the Government but against the Mahomedans. All are
\nlooking to the Government with a reverent expectation of justice from that immaculate source. We do not know who this antiMahomedan and pro-Government Calcutta correspondent may be; but we hope the Bombay public will not be deceived by his
\ninventions. If there is one overmastering feeling in Bengal it is indignation with the Government for allowing or countenancing
\nthe outrages in the Eastern districts. Even the Loyalist organs are full of expressions of uneasiness and perturbed wonder at the
\ninaction of the authorities while Moderate organs like the Bengalee
\n<\/i>and Moderate leaders like Babu Surendranath Banerji have
\nexpressed plainly an adverse view of the action and spirit of the Government. There is no doubt considerable resentment against
\nmen like Nawab Salimullah for fomenting the disturbances; but there is no deep-seated resentment against the low-class Mahomedans who are merely the tools of men who themselves keep safely under cover. The fight is not a fight between Hindus
\nand Mahomedans but between the bureaucrats and Swadeshists. <\/font>
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\nThe Reformer
\n<\/i>on Moderation
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\nThe Indian Social Reformer <\/i>has discovered that the Moderate programme needs revision. Moderation is defined by this authority as a desire to preserve the British Raj until social reform has  <\/font>
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\naccomplished itself, for the reason that an indigenous Government is not likely to favour social reform so much as the present rulers do. The
\nReformer <\/i>would therefore like the Moderate programme to be modified in order to tally with its own definition of moderation. We presume that, in its view, the Congress instead
\nof demanding Legislative Councils should ask for the forcible marriage of Hindu widows; instead of the separation of the
\njudicial and executive, the separation of reformed wives from unreformed husbands or vice versa; instead of the repeal of the
\nArms Act, the abolition of the Hindu religion. This introduction of social details into a political programme is a fad of a few
\nenthusiasts and is contrary to all reason. The alteration of the social system to suit present needs is a matter for the general
\nsense of the community and the efforts of individuals. To mix it up with politics in which men of all religious views and various
\nsocial opinions can join is to confuse issues hopelessly. It is not true that by removing the defects of our social structure we shall
\nautomatically become a nation and fit for freedom. If it were so, Burma would be a free nation at present. Nor can we believe
\nthat the present system is favourable to social reconstruction or that self-government would be fatal to it. The reverse is the case.
\nOf course, if social reform means the destruction of everything old or Hindu because it is old or Hindu, the continuance of
\nthe present political and mental dependence on England and English ideals is much to be desired by the social reformers;
\nfor it is gradually destroying all that was good as well as much that was defective in the old society. With this programme of
\nbecoming a nation by denationalisation we have no sympathy. But if a healthy social development be aimed at, it is more likely
\nto occur in a free India when the national needs will bring about a natural evolution. Society is not an artificial manufacture to
\nbe moulded and remodelled at will, but a growth. If it is to be healthy and strong it must have healthy surroundings and a free
\natmosphere.  <\/font>
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