This document discusses the genesis of Indian nationalism through 3 key ideas: 1) It examines perspectives from ancient Indian texts that establish the foundations of nationhood. 2) It analyzes the impact of western ideas from thinkers like Bhabha and Derrida on shaping Indian nationalism. 3) It highlights letters and writings from nationalist leaders like Tagore, Gandhi, Bose that advocate for independence and articulate a vision of an inter-nationalist India.

1. The Genesis Of Indian (Inter)
Nationalism.
Hardeepsinh R. Gohil
Asst. Professor
Gujarat College,
Ahmedabad.

2. The Economic Perspective of the
World.

3. The World Economy Today.

4. The Traditional Crossover.
Yasyan Purve Purvajana Vichkrire
Yasyan Deva Asuranabhyavartayan I
Gavamashvanam Vayasascha Chistha
Bhagam Varchah Prithivi no Dadhatu II5II
- Rashtra Sukta. .
• (Where our ancestors performed their extraordinary duties, where Gods
defeated demons, where cows, horses and birds have their specific place.
Such is my mother land who brings me brightness and fortune.)

5. Amatya Rashtra Durgarth Dandakhyaha Panch
Chapraha I
Pratyekam Kathitah Hyetah Sankshepen
Dwisaptatih II 157 II
According to Manu the state is the composite of
the five aspects such as realm, empire, dominion,
district and country. - Manusmriti, Chapter VII, Sloka-157.

6. The Traditional Crossover.
Bhabha.
• ‘where meanings may be
partial because they are in
media res; and history may
be half-made because it is
in the process of being
made…’
• Bhabha, Homi, Nation and
Narration, Routledge;
London, 2000, P. 3.
Derrida.
• The present is no longer a
mother-form [read mother
tongue or mother land]
around which are gathered
and differentiated the future
(present) and the past
(present)…[as] a present of
which the past and future
would be but modifications.
• Derrida, Jacques,
Dissemination, trans., Bhabha,
Johnson, Chicago: Chicago
University Press, 1981, P. 210.

7. The Vision and Reason Behind British
Bestowal.
• Changed scenario after the first Independence struggle. Ex.
Establishment of Universities and colleges.
• The indifference of the Empire towards Sanskrit and
Orientalists.
• One can observe the indifference of the Empire towards
the observations made by scholars such as William Jones
(British), (whom Dr. Johnson himself recognized as ‘one of
the most enlightened of the sons of men’) and Max Muller (
After meeting him Swami Vivekananda himself exclaimed
that ‘.…And what love he bears towards India. I wish I had a
hundredth part of that love for my own motherland!).
• Muller, F. Max, India – What it Can Teach Us?,(New Delhi: Penguin, 2000), P.4
• Swami Vivekananda, ‘On Professor Max Muller’, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. IV (Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 14th
repr. 1992), P. 281.

8. The Nation Awakened.
Western
Illumination.
Indian
Intellectuals in the
West.
Inheritance of
Vedic Literature

9. The Epistolary Avowal For Indian
(Inter) Nationalism.
• Give me the Supreme faith of love. This is my prayer, -- the faith of the life in
death, of the victory in defeat, of the power hidden in the frailness of beauty, of
the dignity or pain that accepts hurt, but disclaims to return it.
--- Rabindranath Tagore
• A letter by Rabindranath Tagore written on 12th April, 1919, Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi Vol XV, PP. 495-96.
• Therefore, Indian self-government not only means no menace to the world, but
will be of the greatest benefit to humanity if she attains her end through those
means (Truth and Non-violence) and those means alone.
• Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. XXIII P. 361, 5-4-1924.
• No Indian has co-operated with the British Government more than I have for an
unbroken period of twenty-nine years of public life in the face of circumstances
that might well have turned any other man into a rebel.
• A letter by M.K. Gandhi addressed to Mr. Maffery, Private Secretary to Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) on 16th April, 1917. Collected Works of Mahatma
Gandhi, Vol. XIII, PP: 368-69
• I have read your book with great interest, because I think the question you
have therein dealt with is important not only for Indians, but for the whole of
Mankind.
• A letter by Leo Tolstoy addressed to M.K. Gandhi on 8th May, 1910. Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol.IV,PP. 16.

10. The Epistolary Avowal For Indian
(Inter) Nationalism.
• Democracy is by no means a Western institution; it is human institution. . . .
The history of India is replete with instances of democratic institution. Mr. K.P. Jayswal in his
wonderful book, Hindu Polity, has dealt with this matter at a greater length and has given a
list of 81 republics in ancient India.
• Bose, Subhas Chandra, “Democracy in India.” The Maharashtra Provincial Conference, Poona, 3 May, 1928. Address.
• My reply to the charge is that Indian nationalism is neither narrow, nor selfish,
nor aggressive. It is inspired by the highest ideals of human race, viz., Satyam (the truth),
Shivam (the good) and Sundaram (the beautiful).
• Ibid.
• We who are fighting for the political freedom of India and other enslaved
countries of the British Empire are incidentally fighting for the economic
emancipation of the British people as well.
• Ibid.
• . . . When Indians at home are registering strong dissent, then, it becomes
doubly necessary for Indians who are in Europe to do the same. After a
great deal of thought, I have sent a protest for the Indian Newspapers (at
home) and supported the proposal for halting trade with Germany.
• Unpublished, Bose, Subhas Chandra, “To Amiya Chakravarti.” Letter. (Originally translated from Bengali), 11th March 1936.

11. The Epistolary Avowal For Indian
(Inter) Nationalism.
• India is the guru of the nations, the physician of the human soul in its profounder
maladies; she is destined once more to new-mould the life of the world and
restores the peace of the human spirit..
• Trampling on every privilege and everything in us that works for privilege, let us
work for that knowledge which will bring the feeling of sameness towards all
mankind.
• The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol:-1, Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, 1992-1997, PP.429.