SRI AUROBINDO

BANDE MATARAM

Early Political Writings. 1890 — May 1908

India Renascent*

The patriot who offers advice to a great nation in an era of change and turmoil, should be very confident that he has something worth saying before he ventures to speak; but if he can really put some new aspect on a momentous question or emphasise any side of it that has not been clearly understood, it is his bounden duty, however obscure he may be, to ventilate it.

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It is time that an Indian who has devoted his best thoughts and aspirations to the service of his country, should have in his turn a patient hearing.

* Notes found in Sri Aurobindo's earliest available manuscripts, dated 1890-92, his student days in England.