Sri Aurobindo : conversations
Talks with Sri Aurobindo is a thousand-page record of Sri Aurobindo's conversations with the disciples who attended to him during the last twelve years of his life. The talks are informal and open-ended, for the attendants were free to ask whatever questions came to mind. Sri Aurobindo speaks of his own life and work, of the Mother and the Ashram, of his path of Yoga and other paths, of India's social, cultural and spiritual life, of the country's struggle for political independence, of Hitler and the Second World War, of modern science, art and poetry, and of many other things that arose in the course of conversation. Serious discussion is balanced with light-hearted banter and humour. By recording these human touches, Nirodbaran has brought out the warm and intimate atmosphere of the talks.
THEME/S
NIRODBARAN: Sotuda has brought the news that Nishikanto's book is selling now.
PURANI: It is still too soon to expect any sales. No reviews have come out yet, though reviews don't influence the sale.
SRI AUROBINDO: In England they do. Plenty of people read the reviews. Any book recommended by the Book Club has a good sale.
EVENING
PURANI: Jinnah is getting impossible. He says that India is one country but with two nations in it—Hindu and Muslim.
SRI AUROBINDO: Two heads on one body? Why two only? As the Hindu points out, there are other minorities that can also claim to be separate nations—five or six heads!
PURANI: Vallabhbhai Patel says that the British Government is keeping up the division by playing one party against the other.
SRI AUROBINDO: What else does he expect? So long as there are different parties, the Government will act like that. If they don't do so but simply leave India, the Russians may come in and do the same thing.
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