Sri Aurobindo Ghosh As The Guiding Star For Our People And Nation

Abstract

“We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others – The latter are the rule, and the former, the exception.” – Schopenhauer.

                    “…..We are trying to live not for our interests but to work and die for others……” – Aurobindo.

                  Aurobindo  was born on  15 August, 1872 at Calcutta. His father Dr. Krishandhan Ghosh was a renowned medical man of Calcutta and had  sought his medical education from Aberdeen University, England. He came of the well-known Ghosh family of Konnagar, a township in the district of Hooghly, West Bengal, the historic birthplace of quite a few leaders of Indian Renaissance. He married Swarnalata, the  the eldest daughter of Rajnarayan Bose, a pioneer of Indian Nationalism  and  the influence of such parents was on Aurobindo.The westernized influence of his father induced  him to educate his  children in western style. Thus Aurobindo has been one of the one of the most systematic and learned                                                               1.

of all  modern Indian thinkers.

Keywords- Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, The Guiding Star, Our People And Nation.