Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India

"If our young men wish to win the respect and admiration of tilg world let them draw their inspiration from the wonderful life of the Swamiji who was not only a seer and the greatest standarhearer of Vedantism in the East and the West but the very impersonation of all that is great and noble in life."—A. [...] To question the reality of this physical world in which we have to toil and sweat to earn the necessaries of life is itself a sign of lack of grip on realities and such people appear to him as dreamy philosophers who are to be pitied—this bright world the big228 PRABUDDHA BHARATA Jun mountains the thickly wooded forests the sweetly singing birds the towns the majestic buildings the broad hi [...] The scientis carries out this quest in the realm of th physical; the economist in the realm o wealth ; the statesman in the realm o politics; the psycho!ogist in the realm o mind ; the philosopher in the realm of th intellect ; the saint in the realm of th spirit. [...] The economist the politician and the sociologist deal with Reality in the wider context of the physical and the living elements. [...] In India and in other industrially undeveloped countries also perhaps we have the Gandhian group supported by Dr J. C. Kumarappa fighting for the revival and strengthening of the village economy which has been the main characteristic of the life of the masses of this country.