THE EVIL THAT WAS THE RAJ ... 2

I feel inspired by his words, uttered in those early days of the freedom struggle when he set the agenda for all future revolutionary work to free India. His was the giant mind the British could not tackle and, if ever words did significant damage to the Empire, this was it. He was the poet-philosopher-revolutionary all rolled into one and I feel thrilled even to reflect on his tranquil form setting afire the hearts of men into revolutionary activity even as his pen became the mighty sword that he wielded to tear apart the veil of Maya the British had donned to obscure their malefic intent in our motherland. Aurobindo Ghosh was a volcano that never erupted in the face of the British the way it could have for such was the will of the Mother. His later life and work and message must make far greater revolutionary changes in the ages to come, so his devotees say.