... Subhas not acknowledging his report from Europe and also his international politics. Sri Aurobindo : That again shows Nehru is an idealist. If he has the clarity of mind to see – as he has – that socialism can come in India only after independence, it should be equally clear to him that India can do something in international politics only after she is free. Disciple : The Congress wants... China. Page 222 Disciple : I believe, it is his visit to Europe in the League against Imperialism that gives him the impression that he would be able to do something in international politics. Sri Aurobindo : It is a wrong impression. It was, for instance, wrongly supposed that the Governor of Pondicherry was recalled because Nehru represented the case to the Secretary of ...
... NECESSITY The subject may be fittingly begun by referring to one or two facts which have hitherto escaped the public notice. The term " Co-existence " which is now extensively used in international politics was first used by Sri Aurobindo in the postscript chapter to his book " The Ideal of Human Unity. " He wrote : " If much of the unease, the sense of inevitable struggle, the difficulty of... if the idea could be entertained during a War far more easy it should be to make it a success duing peace. 2. The unique fact of Indian political independence ushers in some new factors in international politics and contributes to the growth of collective life towards human unity. The Indian political movement has stressed the importance of ethical ideals; economical and political factors have been ...
... easily possible to believe that one and the same person could have written not only the greatest masterpiece of philosophy of the time but also indicated solutions for social problems and international politics, laid down new lines of poetical criticism and written not only short poems of striking merit both from the point of view of poetical substance and form — some of them ranking equal to the ...
... against all. This interpretation of the human social relations, initially by Herbert Spencer, became known as ‘social biology’; it would be the norm in the capitalist society as well as in international politics. If the fittest are the ones that survive, gain the upper hand and grow into superior beings, then the superior society or nation would be the one in which the fittest are intentionally, s ...
... to Sri Aurobindo and certified by him prior to publication. In the editorials, Sethna showed courage and conviction in upholding the Aurobindonian vision in the murky world of national and international politics And finally, Sethna has given us a valuable understanding regarding the place of the Mother in the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo. His slim book, The Development of Sri Aurobindo's ...
... History AUGUST 15, India's Independence Day, has in modern history associations both spectacular and profound. We may say that this date marks the very birth of the power by which international politics was gigantically rocked into the manifold commotion that gave shape to our modern world. For, though it is the French Revolution that brought modern history into being, the forces that exploded ...
... its very start, a radio was installed in Sri Aurobindo's room and he used to listen to the war news three or four times a day. Then would follow comments and discussions on the war situation, international politics, India's vital role in the war and other allied topics. There we realised Sri Aurobindo's deep and firm grasp of world-politics and, what was most surprising, his penetrating insight into military ...
... SRI AUROBINDO: In the meantime there maybe a transition of his head from his shoulders. (Laughter) NIRODBARAN: If Nehru says that, how can we blame Y? Nehru who is supposed to have international politics at his fingertips! SRI AUROBINDO: All the knowledge most Indian politicians have of the international situation is some illusions about extreme political ideas, which have been shattered ...
... kind of socialism, a kind of justice for all, and it is demanded that whatever one does must mean something to as many as possible. Third, an increasing prominence given to ethical values in international politics. Gradually the balance of power is shifting from economy and military force to ethical forces in international life. There was a time when nations trying to decide the questions or ...
... not easily possible to believe that one and the same person could have written not only the greatest masterpiece of philosophy of the time but also indicated solutions for social problems and international politics, laid down new lines of poetical criticism and written not only short poems of striking merit both from the point of view of poetical substance and form—some of them ranking equal to the highest ...
... purely psychological factors also that have emerged: ( 1 ) Inter- nationalism; (2) A universal demand for a kind of Socialism; ( 3 ) The increasing prominence given to ethical values in international politics. The question is whether these new Values with the help of the scientific advance would enable man to solve his problems. In fact, there is a great confusion with regard to the nature of ...
... of a major invasion of India. Only a minor invasion from Afghanistan and such places perhaps ?... If Nehru says like that, how can we blame [others]? Nehru who is supposed to have international politics at his fingertips! All the knowledge most Indian politicians have of the international situation is some illusions about extreme political ideas, which have been shattered everywhere ...
... expansion, largeness of imperial size and rule. For that is what the great war signified and was in its real origin, because that was the secret or the open intention of all pre-war diplomacy and international politics; and if a nobler idea was awakened at least for a time, it was only under the scourge of Death and before the terrifying spectre of a gigantic mutual destruction. Even so the awakening was ...
... of the Allies, contemplated a political rearrangement of the world, but not any radical change of its existing order. It is true that it announced the principle of free nationalities; but in international politics which is still a play of natural forces and interests and in which ideals are only a comparatively recent development of the human mind, principles can only prevail where and so far as they ...
... irresistibly superior science and organisation and with all this a constantly successful diplomacy and an invincible good fortune. If war and diplomacy are still to be the decisive factors in international politics in the future as in the past, it would be rash to predict that such a combination may not arise, and if other means fail, it must arise; for there is nothing that can be set down as impossible ...
... worthy pursuit. What we have to pursue is noble effort to avoid war for selfish motives with their brood of hatred and greed: this is the only valid sense of pacifism in the context of international politics. Selfish motives: there is the arch-evil which pacifism should work to remove. As a result, the mere avoidance of war is not the summum bonum even if war be something wholly to be shunned ...
... people are in a state of confusion. They don't know what sort of government they want at home, how exactly the country's life should be directed and organised and what our attitude should be in international politics. But all this ignorance, as well as every other ignorance is part of the general ambiguity in people's minds owing to a degree of obscuration of India's true spirit. True India, however, is ...
... Uri, and my young assistant Francois Fontaine. I am not at all sure that Schuman's dull, hesitant voice immediately convinced them that they were witnessing a profound transformation of international politics, even though the tone of the preamble left no room for doubt: It is no longer a time for vain words, but for a bold, constructive act. France has acted, and the consequences of her action ...
... courage and political wisdom. Disciple : Taraknath Das in his book points out that the Indian princes could help in the work of national regeneration. They could even take part in international politics. Sri Aurobindo : Many things are desirable, but they do not always come true. No doubt, if the princes were politicians they could hasten the march of freedom to a very great extent ...
... munificence of Sri Aurobindo's thought in the several realms of knowledge: philosophy, literature. Yoga, scriptural exegesis, art and literary criticism, history and sociology, national and international politics. Paul Richard's collections of extracts from the world's outstanding thinkers, grouped suggestively under various headings, must also have appealed to many readers of the Arya; the wise men ...
... partition, no political force within Pakistan has driven the nation's domestic and international political agenda as has its army, and more specifically, one of its intelligence units, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Agency. Comprised of the three branches of Pakistan's military, the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the ISI, in its time has Page 200 been linked to political assassinations... New York 10016, USA. Tel: 212-726-6000. Fax: 212-726 SEAN P. WINCHELL INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE Sean P. Winchell teaches in the Grandview, Missouri, School District. He earned honors degrees in Political Science and History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. From International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, 16: 374-388, 2003 Pakistan's... In addition, the ISI's domestic political intelligence operations are being transferred to Pakistan's civilian intelligence service, the Intelligence Bureau. 68 President Musharraf, as a former Army Chief of Staff, may better be able to bring the ISI, which is part of Pakistan's military structure, under control. According to Gary Samore of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London ...
... to the chagrin and indignation of our blind countrymen. Future events proved his forecast right to the letter. We used to have discussions on the international political situation from the very start. Hitler's insane lust for power, England's political bankruptcy, America's suicidal policy of non-intervention, Russia's shrewd Machiavellian diplomacy: all were subjects of the verbal to-and-fro in Sri... regular interviews to a political leader of Bengal and gave him advice and directions regarding the contemporary situation. The Mother too has said that the Supermind cannot but include in its ultimate work for world-change the political administration, since all secular well-being rests in the hands of the governing power of the country. Besides, the War was not a simple political issue among the big... decisive spiritual force towards its achievement. Though we in the Ashram are not supposed to take part in politics, we are not at all indifferent to world affairs. In fact, Sri Aurobindo has said that we are immensely interested in them. The journal Mother India which was a semi-political fortnightly, and came out two years after India's Independence, was edited by one of the sadhaks who was living ...
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