BACK TO RAMAKRISHNA ... 4

BACK TO RAMAKRISHNA ... 4

We are a shameless people. Can one sleep when such an appalling state affects us? Must we live this way? Must we die this way as well? Can there be any rest for us now when the country so suffers? Lone souls burn away ceaselessly, their bodies becoming fuel for the fire that rages within them. There is no help from any quarter, no inspiration from the youth. The youth are either indolent and ignorant or, even if informed, given to the frivolities of life. Our country is not only dead but putrid as Swamiji so succinctly had described the India of his times, a state which continues to this day despite the intermediate resurgence of the freedom struggle following his energy and inspiration. The upper classes are exploitative, the middle classes are more in a mood of acquiescence than redressing this decadence and the masses are ignorant and suffering. We must wake them up. Alas, when will a handful of men and women exhibit real manhood?

Written by Sugata Bose