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.
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EVENING
NIRODBARAN: B.C. Chatterjee seems to have been defeated by the Bose group.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes. The Hindu Sabha has got about fifteen seats. Considering that it is their first attempt, it is not bad.
PURANI: The corporation election seems to me more a personal issue.
SRI AUROBINDO: How personal? When the Congress fought the election it was on a political issue, to capture the corporation for the Congress. There was no personal question involved.
PURANI: Bhai Paramanand has protested against a joint electorate in Sind at present.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, he has said that a joint electorate, unless established all over India, won't turn out to be good for a single place like Sind where the Muslims are in a majority, because the Muslims being in a majority will get all the seats. Of course there is a provision that ten percent of the votes must be secured from the opposite community but ten percent is not enough. When a joint electorate is established all over India, a minority in one province will be counterbalanced by the majority in another province; so it will serve as a check against majority rule in a province. At present the Hindus may be at a disadvantage there. Of course they depend on their majority districts where they hope to turn the scale. Otherwise unless some provisions are made for minorities, difficulties may arise.
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