This strange stance of some to pit the rational versus the irrational or the ones prone to hyper-imagination versus the ones armed in so-called rationality is a sorry attempt to divert discourse from that which comes naturally to many. Netaji being an iconic figure of epic proportions would demand a serious study of both his life that is historically recorded as well as his whereabouts post his disappearance. The constant denigration of his possible incarnation as Gumnami Baba and the labelling of the adherents of the monk incognito theory as being dreamers, subscribers to mystery fiction and having other malefic agendas does in no way advance the cause of either the study of the historical Netaji or the research into his disappearance.
While it may be true that among a diverse collection of people, some may utilise the conspiracy theories abounding on Netaji for personal ends, it is also true that many are sincere adherents of this theory to whom after detailed research it has seemed a very credible possibility of Netaji being the monk extraordinaire living in absolute seclusion in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. Again it may be posited that it would be impossible for Netaji to remain in such seclusion for the sun does not forever remain under cloud cover. But inscrutable are the ways of the Lord and defy the bounds of reason, the Lord Himself being the supreme focus of all that includes and yet transcends such reason.
Standing on the edge of a precipice on all sides with not an inch-space to gain foothold, witnessing the cataclysmic destruction of the war that had laid waste to all one cherished in life, killed by the tens of millions the fairest flowers of humanity the world over, wiped out cities and civilisations with it, what may have transpired in the consciousness of Netaji is not for ordinary mortals to conceive. Given his pronounced spiritual propensity and his advanced leanings to it, is it not natural for him when denied entry into India by brotherly betrayal of Nehru to recoil within his self and research into the grand interior that yet awaited him with open arms and offered him asylum?
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