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The Essential Writings of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
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About the Book
The popular perception of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is that of a warrior-hero and revolutionary leader who waged a great armed struggle for the freedom of India. What is often forgotten is that warrior paused between battles to reflect on and write about the fundamental political, economic, and social issues. The writing selected for this volume give an insight into his careful analyses of specific historical situation.
This volume is indispensable for student and scholars of modern Indian history, politics, and international relations.
About the Author
Sisir K. Bose was the Founder-Director of Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata.
Sugata Bose is Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Department of History, Harvard University.
Editors' Introduction
'India,' Subhas Chandra Bose wrote to his mother in 1912, when he was only fifteen years old, 'is God's beloved land. He has been born in this great land in every age in the form of the Saviour for the enlightenment of the people, to rid this earth of sin and to establish righteousness and truth in every Indian heart. He has come into being in many countries in human form but not so many times in any other country-that Is why I say, India, our motherland, is God's beloved land." Near the end of a life devoted to the service of the motherland Netaji wrote in his last message to Indians on 15 August 1945: ' … never for a moment falter in your faith in India's destiny. There is no power on earth that can keep India enslaved. India shall be free and before long. '
The popular perception of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is t
347
About the Book
The popular perception of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is that of a warrior-hero and revolutionary leader who waged a great armed struggle for the freedom of India. What is often forgotten is that warrior paused between battles to reflect on and write about the fundamental political, economic, and social issues. The writing selected for this volume give an insight into his careful analyses of specific historical situation.
This volume is indispensable for student and scholars of modern Indian history, politics, and international relations.
About the Author
Sisir K. Bose was the Founder-Director of Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata.
Sugata Bose is Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Department of History, Harvard University.
Editors' Introduction
'India,' Subhas Chandra Bose wrote to his mother in 1912, when he was only fifteen years old, 'is God's beloved land. He has been born in this great land in every age in the form of the Saviour for the enlightenment of the people, to rid this earth of sin and to establish righteousness and truth in every Indian heart. He has come into being in many countries in human form but not so many times in any other country-that Is why I say, India, our motherland, is God's beloved land." Near the end of a life devoted to the service of the motherland Netaji wrote in his last message to Indians on 15 August 1945: ' … never for a moment falter in your faith in India's destiny. There is no power on earth that can keep India enslaved. India shall be free and before long. '
The popular perception of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is t
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Subhas Chandra Bose
69 books49 followersSubhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was a left-wing Indian nationalist of Congress whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India, but whose attempt during World War II to rid India of British rule with the help of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a troubled legacy although he was liberal, anti-racist and supported women's emancipation.
Since 1940 he lived in Italy passing for Italian under the name of Orlando Mazzotta and had meetings with Benito Mussolini before went to Nazi Germany where he met his future wife, Emilie Schenkl and receive the honorific Netaji (Hindustani: "Respected Leader"), Bose first expressed his preference for "a synthesis of what modern Europe calls socialism and fascism" in a 1930 speech in Calcutta. Bose later criticized Nehru's 1933 statement that there is "no middle road" between communism and fascism, describing it as "fundamentally wrong." and suggested a "synthesis between communism and fascism" could take hold instead. In 1944, Bose similarly stated, "Our philosophy should be a synthesis between National Socialism and communism."
Bose's correspondence (prior to 1939) reflects his deep disapproval of the racist practices of, and annulment of democratic institutions in Nazi Germany: "Today I regret that I have to return to India with the conviction that the new nationalism of Germany is not only narrow and selfish but arrogant." as he was hoping that racist ideologies of Italy and Germany were only in anti-american and anti-british function and were not real. However, he expressed admiration for the authoritarian methods which he saw in Italy and Germany during the 1930s, and thought they could be used in building an independent India.
With the Nazi and then the Japanese support, Bose created and army for an axis' invasion of India but the war made gradually this plan untenable. Bose later chose not to surrender with his forces or with the Japanese, but rather to escape to Manchuria with a view to seeking a future in the Soviet Union which he believed to be turning anti-British trying to get support by Stalin. He died from third-degree burns received when his plane crashed in Taiwan. Some Indians, however, did not believe that the crash had occurred, with many among them, especially in Bengal, believing that Bose would return to gain India's independence.
The Indian National Congress, the main instrument of Indian nationalism, praised Bose's patriotism but distanced itself from his tactics and ideology, especially his collaboration, although idiosincratic, with fascism.
Since 1940 he lived in Italy passing for Italian under the name of Orlando Mazzotta and had meetings with Benito Mussolini before went to Nazi Germany where he met his future wife, Emilie Schenkl and receive the honorific Netaji (Hindustani: "Respected Leader"), Bose first expressed his preference for "a synthesis of what modern Europe calls socialism and fascism" in a 1930 speech in Calcutta. Bose later criticized Nehru's 1933 statement that there is "no middle road" between communism and fascism, describing it as "fundamentally wrong." and suggested a "synthesis between communism and fascism" could take hold instead. In 1944, Bose similarly stated, "Our philosophy should be a synthesis between National Socialism and communism."
Bose's correspondence (prior to 1939) reflects his deep disapproval of the racist practices of, and annulment of democratic institutions in Nazi Germany: "Today I regret that I have to return to India with the conviction that the new nationalism of Germany is not only narrow and selfish but arrogant." as he was hoping that racist ideologies of Italy and Germany were only in anti-american and anti-british function and were not real. However, he expressed admiration for the authoritarian methods which he saw in Italy and Germany during the 1930s, and thought they could be used in building an independent India.
With the Nazi and then the Japanese support, Bose created and army for an axis' invasion of India but the war made gradually this plan untenable. Bose later chose not to surrender with his forces or with the Japanese, but rather to escape to Manchuria with a view to seeking a future in the Soviet Union which he believed to be turning anti-British trying to get support by Stalin. He died from third-degree burns received when his plane crashed in Taiwan. Some Indians, however, did not believe that the crash had occurred, with many among them, especially in Bengal, believing that Bose would return to gain India's independence.
The Indian National Congress, the main instrument of Indian nationalism, praised Bose's patriotism but distanced itself from his tactics and ideology, especially his collaboration, although idiosincratic, with fascism.
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May 31, 2020
It's a book that shows how much he loved the country and his ideas and vision towards making India a superpower. He is one explorer and seeker that is well understood. In some chapters, you suddenly get lost and can't get the visual of what you read.
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