{"id":323,"date":"2013-07-13T01:27:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=323"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:27:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:27:19","slug":"145-tomorrows-meeting-vol-01-bande-mataram-volume-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/01-bande-mataram-volume-01\/145-tomorrows-meeting-vol-01-bande-mataram-volume-01","title":{"rendered":"-145_Tomorrow’s Meeting.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\n
\n\t\tTomorrow’s Meeting<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n               
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span>T<\/font><\/span>HE<\/font><\/b>
\ngreat opportunity of Srijut Bepin Chandra Pal’s return has been utilised for a
\ndemonstration such as Calcutta has not yet witnessed, but the occasion will not
\nbe perfect unless the public complete their homage to the soul of Nationalism by
\ncoming in their thousands to hear him at the Federation Hall Ground on Saturday
\nwhen the congratulations of the country will be given to him on his return to
\nthe great work he has yet to accomplish. He has returned with a double strength,
\na position of impregnable security in the hearts of his countrymen and a new
\nconception of his work which is precisely what is needed for its fulfilment. On
\nSaturday we expect to hear his first deliberate utterance after his
\nimprisonment. As a leader of the Nationalist Party, he has spoken before, but he
\nwill speak now as a voice of prophecy, a thinker whose thoughts do not proceed
\nfrom himself but are guided from within.<\/font><\/p>\n


\n           
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span>Tomorrow the life of Nationalism will resume its mighty current. Since
\nBepin Chandra went to prison, it has been half deprived of its old impetuous
\nflow, wandering amid shoals and quicksands, distracted by cross-currents,
\nuncertain whither its course was bound. The constant inspiration of his thoughts
\nwas wanting, the impetus of his presence ceased to move the springs of
\nNationalist endeavour. Tomorrow he resumes his place at the post of honour, the
\nstandard-bearer of the cause, the great voice of its heart, the beacon-light of
\nits enthusiasm. We were in a semi-darkness while that light was absent,
\nuncertain and bewildered as to our course while that voice was silent and the
\nstandard was held by weaker hands, the post of honour filled by untried
\nchampions.<\/font><\/p>\n


\n           
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span>When the Federation Hall Ground is filled and overflowing tomorrow, we
\nshall realise how great was the loss of his presence, how weak we were in the
\nabsence of the man with a mission; for each of the men who stand before the
\ncountry today has a work set for him to do and which he alone can do aright. It
\nis the mis-<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage-795<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nsion
\nof Bepin Chandra to lead the thought of the movement, to inspire it with his
\nutterances, to keep the fire of its enthusiasm burning, while others carry out
\nthe detail work, education, propaganda, Swadeshi, arbitration, self-defence or
\nwhatever other things may be given to their hands to do. From Bengal the ideas
\nof the new age must proceed, from Bengal must come the life of the movement, its
\nhigh sense of principle, its fearless courage, its greatness, its broadness of
\nview and keenness of vision. From Bengal the stream must flow, which will
\ncleanse India of her impurities. If the work is to be well done, each man must
\nrecognise his proper work and do it. The clash of conflicting egoisms, the
\ndesire to monopolise, the pride of success must disappear from our midst, and be
\nreplaced by our intense self-effacement, an enthusiasm of sacrifice, an exalted
\nconception of the high Power at work and the constant sense that we are only His
\ninstruments. It is for this reason that we have recently laid stress on this
\ngreat truth; no advance can be made, no mighty success obtained unless we are
\nable to perceive the divinity of the movement, realise the necessity of
\nsubordinating ourselves, overcome the tendency to break into cliques and cabals
\nand apportion to each his allotted portion in the one united work. If anyone
\ntries to outstep his sphere and appropriate the work of others, there will be
\nconfusion, disturbance of harmony and temporary failure. The only way to avoid
\nit is for all to realise that the work is not theirs, that their right is only
\nto a portion, that no man is indispensable and only so long as he acts within
\nhis own province and on the lines laid down for him by his capacities, his
\ninspiration and his circumstances, is he even useful. This harmony is necessary
\nfor the rapid progress of the movement. If each man knows his place and keeps to
\nit, the harmony is possible. All the discords, the quarrels, the failures which
\nhave marred our work have been due to the desire of leadership, the obstinacy of
\nprepossessions, the arrogance of egoism which wishes to claim the ownership of
\nGod’s work.<\/font><\/p>\n


\n           
\n<\/font>
\n<\/span>Bepin Chandra’s place has been marked out for him by his powers of
\noratory, his knowledge of politics, his enthusiasm and unconquerable vitality of
\nhope and confidence, his unequalled power to excite and inspire. The awakening
\nof Madras is the<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage-796<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\nsign-manual
\nof the Almighty upon his mission. He has only to be true to himself and the
\ncause to complete that stupendous beginning and send the same stream of life
\nbeating through the atrophied veins of all India, till one unanimous voice, one
\ntremendous impulse works from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, from Assam to
\nBombay and the whole country, molten into a burning mass of enthusiasm, is
\nfinally fused in one and ready to be hardened into steel of perfect temper,
\nbeaten into shape and fined to perfect sharpness by the workmanship divine, so
\nthat it may be a weapon in the hands of the Most High to slay ignorance and
\nbarbarism throughout the world.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\nWell Done, Chidambaram!<\/font><\/a><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nA
\ntrue feeling of comradeship is the salt of political life; it binds men together
\nand is the cement of all associated action. When a political leader is prepared
\nto suffer for the sake of his followers, when a man, famous and adored by the
\npublic, is ready to remain in jail rather than leave his friends and
\nfellow-workers behind, it is a sign that political life in India is becoming a
\nreality. Srijut Chidambaram Pillai has shown throughout the Tuticorin affair a
\nloftiness of character, a practical energy united with high moral idealism which
\nshow that he is a true Nationalist. His refusal to accept release on bail if his
\nfellow-workers were left behind, is one more count in the reckoning. Nationalism
\nis or ought to be not merely a political creed but a religious aspiration and a
\nmoral attitude. Its business is to build up Indian character by educating it to
\nheroic self-sacrifice and magnificent ambitions, to restore the tone of nobility
\nwhich it has lost and bring back the ideals of the ancient Aryan gentleman. The
\nqualities of courage, frankness, love and justice are the stuff of which a
\nNationalist should be made. All honour to Chidambaram Pillai for having shown us
\nthe first complete example of an Aryan reborn, and all honour to Madras which
\nhas produced such a man.
\n <\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage-797<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nThe
\nAnti-Swadeshi Campaign<\/font><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe
\nofficial campaign against the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company is now drawing
\nto a head. The enquiries made by Sub-Collector Ashe as to the list of
\nshareholders are sufficiently ominous, while the case against the Tuticorin
\nlawyers is an almost undisguised attempt to ruin the Company by making it
\npractically illegal to farther its interests. All India is looking on with
\ninterest to see the end of this campaign. If it succeeds, we shall know that the
\npeaceful development of Swadeshi is impossible under British rule. Whatever
\ndisguises the local bureaucracy may try to throw over the issue, there is no man
\nin India who has not understood the issue.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n


\nBande Mataram<\/i>,
\n<\/i> <\/font> March 27, 1908<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

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