False Patriotism
We all Very well know about the term Patriotism . In our schools a child gets lesson about patriotism well before the A,B,C,D. Patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation. What is False patriotism then ? A beautiful essay written by the Sri Aurobindo on this (Keep in mind - Sri Aurobindo considered as Hard core nationalist by the So call Hard core nationalist of today ). Aurobindo was the Staunch supporter of the National Education and oppose the Western education. He said that National education is not to shift the ownership of schools to Indian form British. National education mean to adopt the syllabus that Familiar to the Indian condition and child can easily learn that. Though Aurobindo oppose the Western education , He Categorically said that : Western education made better progress in science than us and we should learn from that. Aurobindo said : If I talk only about the revive Nalanda and Glorify our past then it’s False patriotism. Also Durin...