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Walter Sylesh
is 70% done
Completed Dalton's view of Gandhi and Tagore. By his own admission and the sheer number of sources, Gandhi's thought was Dalton's oeuvre in this book. Gandhi's concept of swaraj through satyagraha, as abstract as it was considered, is clearer to me than before. Although I enjoyed the short expose on Tagore more because he voiced reason and individualism over any blind fanaticism or even Gandhian nationalism. Onward!
— Aug 24, 2023 06:05AM
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Walter Sylesh
is 90% done
Completed the new additions to the 1982 version. Visibly enough, it read more and more like an afterthought with a visible attempt to stretch the fabric of continuity of the original 4 to Ambedkar and M.N Roy. Much time spent in clarifying and justifying and less on the actual ideas of both. The read was also disjointed and dull, taking more time and testing my patience. Only conclusion left!
— Aug 25, 2023 05:05AM
Walter Sylesh
is 45% done
I've completed Dalton's view of Swami Vivekananda and Aurobindo Ghose. Their ideas of freedom in an Indian context is the concept of internal/spiritual freedom as a precondition to a proper experience of the external freedom that the West espouses. Very interesting to see how Vivekananda plays a seminal role in the Indian Renaissance while Aurobindo flirts with nationalism before seeing the light - individualism!
— Aug 23, 2023 09:00AM
Walter Sylesh
is 24% done
I started this book to come closer to the East. A part historical, a part hagiographical and a part political evaluation of 7 thinkers who the author calls as the pioneers of an Indian renaissance - this book aspires to talk about the influence of the idea of freedom in the Indian mind - both external and internal. I went through the long memoir and introduction that sets the tone. Excited for startling revelations.
— Aug 19, 2023 02:27AM
