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An Indian Pilgrim
Bose's unfinished autobiography which he started writing in 1937, just before he was elected president of the Indian National Congress. more
The Indian Struggle
The first part of Bose's analysis of the national freedom struggle was written in 1934 covering the years 1920-34, and the second part was written between 1941-43 covering the period 1935-42.
Other writings
Bose's writings in contemporary newspapers, magazines and other publications. more
The Kabul Thesis
"Forward Bloc - Its Justification", also known as the Kabul Thesis was written in January 1941 after Bose escaped from British internment to travel to Germany
Bose at his Elgin Road (Calcutta) residence
Photo courtesy Jayasree Prakashan
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"If we are to bring about a revolution of ideas we have first to hold up before us an ideal which will galvanise our whole life. That ideal is Freedom. But freedom is a word which has a varied connotation and even in our country, the conception of freedom has undergone a process of evolution. By freedom I mean all-round freedom i.e., freedom for the individual as well as for society, freedom for man as well as for woman, freedom for the rich as well as for the poor, freedom for all individuals and for all classes. This freedom implies not only emancipation from political bondage but also equal distribution of wealth, abolition of caste barriers and social iniquities and destruction of communalism and religious intolerance. This is an ideal which may appear Utopian to hard-headed men and women — but this ideal alone can appease the hunger of the soul."
"The fundamental weakness in the Congress policy and programme is that there is a great deal of vagueness and mental reservation in the minds of the leaders. Further, the programme is based not on radicalism but on adjustment. Adjustment between the landlord and the tenant, between the capitalist and the wage earner, between the so-called upper classes and the so-called depressed classes, between man and woman — may be an ideal state of things for one who would like to maintain the present equilibrium — but I am doubtful whether this adjustment can stir up the revolutionary elements in society which alone can win freedom..."
From speech at All India Naujawan
Bharat Sabha, Karachi. 1931.
