biblomania

Title: India's Rebirth Author: Rishi Aurobindo Category:?? I can't categorize this book and basically it is not written by Sri Aurobindo.Rishi Aurobindo was an author,poet,revolutionary and finally a Yogi.It is a collection of his thoughts on different facets of India from education to politics to the perennial Hindu-Muslim question.However the underlying thread is every man and so a nation is born with a mission. It is our duty to realise the mission for ourselves and the country.So what is India's mission?Rishi Aurobindo answers in his own style that it is to realise the divinity in man.He says that India might be in dire straits today but it still carries in it's bosom something which the world needs. It is on the solid foundation of Hinduism he dissects ahimsa and satyagraha.Even criticising Gandhiji as being a European in an Indian body and his principles being closer to Christianity.He also lashes out at parliamentary form of democracy being a copy from eur

Title: Hind Swaraj Author: Mahatma Gandhi Category: Can't decide It has been a hundred years since Gandhiji wrote this epoch making book.It is written in a conversational style between a reporter asking questions and Gandhi himself. The book covers different topics from education to culture to non violence to democracy.But what strikes you is the understanding Gandhiji had of Bharat and it's people. He derides western culture as the one obsessed with only materialistic things and focused on making homes bigger and better and indirectly questions us about our understanding of development.His idea of Swaraj is different from independence which we have come to equate it with.One may not completely agree with his idea of non-violence but is definitely impressed with his confidence that Bharat is still alive because of it's culture of 5000 years. It is this culture which will guide us into the future and not the western concept which is still evolving.A must read for someone int