Sadhu Prof V.Rangarajan was moved by the deathless words of Sri Aurobindo

Recalling revolutionatries in India's struggle for freedom
V SUNDARAM (The writer is a retired IAS officer) e-mail the writer at vsundaram@newstodaynet.com

I have just finished reading a very inspiring book titled 'Saga of Patriotism, Revolutionaries in India's Freedom Struggle' written by Sadhu Prof V Rangarajan and R Vivekanandam. This book has been published by Sister Nivedita Academy in Bangalore...

Sadhu Prof V Rangarajan founded the Sister Nivedita Academy. To begin with it started as a small study group of patriotic youth, to inspire manliness and courage in our frightened youth to fight against dictatorship and tyranny. This later flowered and developed into an Institute of Hindu thought and culture in 1977 and its main objective is to foster the spirit of patriotism and respect for our ancient culture. In establishing the Nivedita Academy, I have no doubt whatsoever that Sadhu Prof V.Rangarajan was moved by the following deathless words of Sri Aurobindo in his pamphlet Bhawani Mandir which he wrote 'for the revolutionary preparation of the country':

'If India is to survive, she must be made young again. Rushing and billowing streams of energy must be poured into her: her soul must become, as it was in the old times, vast, puissant, calm or turbulent at will, an ocean of an action or a force. Many of us, utterly overcome by Tamas, the dark and heavy demon of inertia, are saying nowadays that it is impossible, that India is decayed, bloodless and lifeless, too weak ever to recover; that our race is doomed to extinction. It is a foolish and idle saying. No man or nation need be weak unless he chooses; no man or nation need perish unless he deliberately chooses extinction.....We have to create strength where it did not exist before; we have to change our natures, and become new men with new hearts to be born again....We need a nucleus of men in whom the SHAKTI is developed to its uttermost extent, in whom it fills every corner of the personality and overflows to fertilise the earth. These, having the fire of Bhawani in their hearts and brains, will go forth and carry the flame to every nook and cranny of our land.' HOME / OTHER SPECIAL STORIES news today