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(Nirodbaran:) “It seems that during Sri Aurobindo’s tenure as the editor of Karmayogin and Dharma, he used to analyse the characters of his co-workers and find out what resemblance they bore to the characters of the Mahabharata.”[1]
Karmayogin
Uttarpara Speech, 30 May 1909 | 3 | ![]() |
Beadon Square Speech – 1, 13 June 1909 | 13 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 1, 19 JUNE 1909 | |
Ourselves | 18 |
The Ideal of the Karmayogin | 23 |
“Swaraj” and the Musulmans | 29 |
Jhalakati Speech, 19 June 1909 | 33 |
Bakarganj Speech, 23 June 1909 | 43 |
Khulna Speech, 25 June 1909 | 48 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 2, 26 JUNE 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Message of India | 54 |
Lord Honest John | 55 |
The Failure of Europe | 56 |
British Fears | 57 |
The Journalistic War Council | 58 |
Forgotten Eventualities | 59 |
National Vitality | 59 |
The Awakening Soul of India | 61 |
The Right of Association (Speech), 27 June 1909 | 67 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 3, 3 JULY 1909 | |
Opinion and Comments | |
The Highest Synthesis | 84 |
Faith and Analysis | 85 |
Mature Deliberation | 86 |
The Importance of the Individual | 87 |
The Fatalism of Action | 88 |
God’s Ways | 89 |
Adequate Value | 89 |
Expediency and Nationalism | 90 |
A Task Unaccomplished | 92 |
Mr. Mackarness’ Bill | 96 |
Kumartuli Speech, 11 July 1909 | 100 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 4, 17 JULY 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
An Unequal Fight | 108 |
God and His Universe | 109 |
The Scientific Position | 109 |
Force Universal or Individual | 110 |
Faith and Deliberation | 111 |
Our “Inconsistencies” | 113 |
Good out of Evil | 113 |
Loss of Courage | 114 |
Intuitive Reason | 115 |
Exit Bibhishan | 116 |
College Square Speech – 1, 18 July 1909 | 122 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 5, 24 JULY 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Indiscretions of Sir Edward | 127 |
The Demand for Co-operation | 128 |
What Co-operation? | 129 |
Sir Edward’s Menace | 130 |
The Personal Result | 131 |
A One-sided Proposal | 132 |
The Only Remedy | 133 |
The Bengalee and Ourselves | 133 |
God and Man | 134 |
Ourselves | 136 |
The Doctrine of Sacrifice | 137 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 7, 7 AUGUST 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Police Bill | 161 |
The Political Motive | 162 |
A Hint from Dinajpur | 163 |
The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company | 164 |
A Swadeshi Enterprise | 164 |
Youth and the Bureaucracy | 166 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 8, 14 AUGUST 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Englishman on Boycott | 171 |
Social Boycott | 172 |
National or Anti-national | 173 |
The Boycott Celebration | 174 |
A Birthday Talk, 15 August 1909 | 178 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 9, 21 AUGUST 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Srijut Surendranath Banerji’s Return | 179 |
A False Step | 180 |
A London Congress | 181 |
The Power that Uplifts | 183 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 10, 28 AUGUST 1909 | |
Facts and Comments | |
The Cretan Difficulty | 189 |
Greece and Turkey | 191 |
Spain and the Moor | 191 |
The London Congress | 192 |
Political Prisoners | 194 |
An Official Freak | 195 |
Soham Gita | 196 |
Bengal and the Congress | 197 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 11, 4 SEPTEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Comments | |
The Kaul Judgment | 203 |
The Implications in the Judgment | 205 |
The Social Boycott | 206 |
The Law and the Nationalist | 207 |
The Hughly Resolutions | 209 |
Bengal Provincial Conference, Hughly – 1909 | 215 |
Speech at the Hughly Conference, 6 September 1909 | 223 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 12, 11 SEPTEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Impatient Idealists | 225 |
The Question of Fitness | 226 |
Public Disorder and Unfitness | 227 |
The Hughly Conference | 230 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 13, 18 SEPTEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Two Programmes | 234 |
The Reforms | 235 |
The Limitations of the Act | 237 |
Shall We Accept the Partition? | 238 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 14, 25 SEPTEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Convention President | 240 |
Presidential Autocracy | 242 |
Mr. Lalmohan Ghose | 243 |
The Past and the Future | 244 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 15, 2 OCTOBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Rump Presidential Election | 250 |
Nation-stuff in Morocco | 251 |
Cook versus Peary | 252 |
Nationalist Organisation | 254 |
An Extraordinary Prohibition | 261 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 16, 9 OCTOBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Apostasy of the National Council | 264 |
The Progress of China | 265 |
Partition Day | 267 |
Nationalist Work in England | 268 |
College Square Speech – 2, 10 October 1909 | 274 |
Bhawanipur Speech, 13 October 1909 | 276 |
Beadon Square Speech – 2, 16 October 1909 | 279 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 17, 16 OCTOBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Gokhale’s Apologia | 280 |
The People’s Proclamation | 282 |
The Anushilan Samiti | 283 |
The National Fund | 284 |
Union Day | 285 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 18, 6 NOVEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Mahomedan Representation | 287 |
The Growth of Turkey | 289 |
China Enters | 290 |
The Patiala Arrests | 291 |
The Daulatpur Dacoity | 293 |
Place and Patriotism | 293 |
The Dying Race | 294 |
The Death of Señor Ferrer | 295 |
The Budget | 295 |
A Great Opportunity | 296 |
Buddha’s Ashes | 297 |
Students and Politics | 297 |
The Assassination of Prince Ito | 299 |
The Hindu Sabha | 302 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 19, 13 NOVEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
House Searches | 307 |
Social Reform and Politics | 308 |
The Deoghar Sadhu | 310 |
The Great Election | 311 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 20, 20 NOVEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
A Hint of Change | 317 |
Pretentious Shams | 319 |
The Municipalities and Reform | 319 |
Police Unrest in the Punjab | 320 |
The Reformed Councils | 322 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 21, 27 NOVEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Bomb Case and Anglo-India | 327 |
The Nadiya President’s Speech | 328 |
Mr. Macdonald’s Visit | 329 |
The Alipur Judgment | 331 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 22, 4 DECEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Lieutenant-Governor’s Mercy | 334 |
An Ominous Presage | 335 |
Chowringhee Humour | 337 |
The Last Resort | 337 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 23, 11 DECEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The United Congress | 340 |
The Spirit of the Negotiations | 342 |
A Salutary Rejection | 342 |
The English Revolution | 343 |
Aristocratic Quibbling | 345 |
The Transvaal Indians | 347 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 24, 18 DECEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Sir Pherozshah’s Resignation | 351 |
The Council Elections | 352 |
British Unfitness for Liberty | 353 |
The Lahore Convention | 354 |
The Moderate Manifesto | 356 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 25, 25 DECEMBER 1909 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The United Congress Negotiations | 362 |
A New Sophism | 364 |
Futile Espionage | 365 |
Convention Voyagers | 366 |
Creed and Constitution | 367 |
To My Countrymen | 372 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 26, 1 JANUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Perishing Convention | 377 |
The Convention President’s Address | 378 |
The Alleged Breach of Faith | 380 |
The Nasik Murder | 381 |
Transvaal and Bengal | 383 |
Our Cheap Edition | 384 |
National Education | 385 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 27, 8 JANUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Sir Edward Baker’s Admissions | 390 |
Calcutta and Mofussil | 391 |
The Non-Official Majority | 393 |
Sir Louis Dane on Terrorism | 394 |
The Menace of Deportation | 395 |
A Practicable Boycott | 396 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 28, 15 JANUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Patiala Case | 402 |
The Arya Samaj and Politics | 403 |
The Arya Disclaimer | 404 |
What Is Sedition? | 405 |
A Thing that Happened | 408 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 29, 22 JANUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
Lajpat Rai’s Letters | 413 |
A Nervous Samaj | 414 |
The Banerji Vigilance Committees | 415 |
Postal Precautions | 416 |
Detective Wiles | 417 |
The New Policy | 419 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 30, 29 JANUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The High Court Assassination | 425 |
Anglo-Indian Prescriptions | 426 |
House Search | 428 |
The Elections | 429 |
The Viceroy’s Speech | 431 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 31, 5 FEBRUARY 1910 | |
Facts and Opinions | |
The Party of Revolution | 434 |
Its Growth | 435 |
Its Extent | 436 |
Ourselves | 437 |
The Necessity of the Situation | 439 |
The Elections | 445 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 32, 12 FEBRUARY 1910 | |
Passing Thoughts | |
Vedantic Art | 448 |
Asceticism and Enjoyment | 449 |
Aliens in Ancient India | 450 |
The Scholarship of Mr. Risley | 451 |
Anarchism | 451 |
The Gita and Terrorism | 452 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 33, 19 FEBRUARY 1910 | |
Passing Thoughts | |
The Bhagalpur Literary Conference | 454 |
Life and Institutions | 455 |
Indian Conservatism | 456 |
Samaj and Shastra | 457 |
Revolution | 457 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 37, 19 MARCH 1910 | |
Sj. Aurobindo Ghose | 461 |
KARMAYOGIN NO. 38, 26 MARCH 1910 | |
In Either Case | 462 |
APPENDIX | |
Karmayogin Writings in Other Volumes of the Complete Works | 467 |
Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.