Let us dwell for a while more on the issues connected with India’s unfortunate angst-ridden independence and the events during the Second World War. There are deeper yogic aspects connected with it and it is with them that Sri Aurobindo was, among other important things, very much occupied. Connected with them is also the Mother’s work both on the occult and physical planes; it continued even after Sri Aurobindo’s withdrawal in 1950. Maybe we could as well have a look at her role also, the invisible role she played in 1971, in the liberation of Bangla Desh. It is of course to be well understood that what we have here in these articles are in the nature of quick jottings rather than presenting fully developed dissertations expatiating several arguments that could arise in this regard. But the series of posts under the current title India’s Independence and the Spiritual Destiny—we already have nine and at least as many will follow in the developing sequel—when read together should provide the necessary linkages. The other series under the heading Sanatan Dharma running concurrently should supplement the theme in another fruitful manner. It is hoped that the readers of the Mirror will have patience enough to go through these articles carefully to offer their views in the furtherance of the themes which are of capital importance in the organization of our collective life, nationally as well as globally. A deeper study is needed to explore in several dimensions the human potential and the human destiny waiting upon us; participation in it by alert perceptive minds must prove rewarding.

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