Read 'The Indian Struggle' by Subhas Chandra Bose to understand the workings of the Indian freedom movement. The direct words of Netaji, right from his pen, act like electric current that runs through the system. The given work is a classic study of the period dating 1920-1942 of the freedom struggle, the Gandhian era, so to say, when the freedom movement gained in momentum but suffered from the obvious flaws of over-emphasis on non-violence and passive resistance as the means for attaining freedom. Bose differed in principle with Gandhi, although, he held him in the highest regard personally despite the Himalayan political blunders the Mahatma made which cost India dearly.
Along with this book, also, do read 'An Indian Pilgrim' by Bose which is his unfinished autobiography. Here, you get to know the man as he saw himself. Pilgrim he indeed was, a voyager through the unknown world of men and ideas, a seeker of truth, yet, one who could never rest to lead a quiet life of contemplation, for the call of the nation summoned him to her service every time he settled in his seat of meditation. Profoundly spiritually inclined, the young Subhas yet immersed himself in the service of his motherland relinquishing a prospective flourishing career in the world of British Indian civil service. A lesson for our youth today when selfishness is supplanting these glorious human virtues of service and sacrifice for the common weal that was the wont of the freedom fighters, prince among whom was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Jai Hind!
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