Bankim

Bankim found Krishna as capable of becoming the great unifying symbol for Indian culture and civilization, a flawless leading figure that could represent India in the sense that Christ represented Western civilization.

It would not be fair to consider Sri Aurobindo complicit in the creation of Hindu nationalism Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

Aurobindo Ghose hailed Bankim as the Rshi seer of Indian nationalism.

Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

But Krishna – as he was worshipped throughout India – was unacceptable to the revisionist nationalist historian whose role Bankim assumed for himself.

Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

Aurobindo Ghose hailed Bankim as the Rshi seer of Indian nationalism.

It would not be fair to consider Sri Aurobindo complicit in the creation of Hindu nationalism Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

Bankim found Krishna as capable of becoming the great unifying symbol for Indian culture and civilization, a flawless leading figure that could represent India in the sense that Christ represented Western civilization.

Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

But Krishna – as he was worshipped throughout India – was unacceptable to the revisionist nationalist historian whose role Bankim assumed for himself.

It would not be fair to consider Sri Aurobindo complicit in the creation of Hindu nationalism Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

All in all, Bankim was making the point that the national self being the same as the divine Self, it was prior to the individual self and that it is only by raising his self to the level of the national and divine Self that the individual could realize his best self - his purna manushyatva full humanity.

Archive 2007-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

A more self-composed era of creative assurance was now entered, and with the founding of Vanga-Darsan in 1872 the year of the foundation of the National Theatre and the first public stage Bankim undertook the task of formulating the philosophy of Bengali nationalism...

Vanga-Darsan and 6, Theatre Road Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

A more self-composed era of creative assurance was now entered, and with the founding of Vanga-Darsan in 1872 the year of the foundation of the National Theatre and the first public stage Bankim undertook the task of formulating the philosophy of Bengali nationalism...

Archive 2007-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

All in all, Bankim was making the point that the national self being the same as the divine Self, it was prior to the individual self and that it is only by raising his self to the level of the national and divine Self that the individual could realize his best self - his purna manushyatva full humanity.

Attainment of full humanity through the cultivation and harmonious development of physical and mental faculties Tusar N Mohapatra 2007