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Old 09-18-2006, 08:00 AM   #4
Lillie_Steins

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India can only survive by confronting this raw, new, aggressive, powerful world with fresh diviner creations of her own spirit, cast in the mould of her own spiritual ideals. She must meet it by solving its greater problems in her own way, through solutions arising out of her own being and from her own deepest and largest knowledge...

- Sri Aurobindo, Foundations of Indian Culture

I don't see any direct relation of the article with the title of this thread, but thanks to Venki for the link. This issue has been much more perceptively discussed by Sri Aurobindo in his Foundations of Indian Culture under the section Indian Culture and External Influence. I don't know if it is available in the web, but I am sure it would be a much more interesting read for anyone interested in such an issue.
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