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THE JAINA GAZETTE in cases of individuals or groups; and that is the limited Scope of the field for reformers, and revivalists of this Eternal Creed.
The Tragedy of Indian Politics. The trouble and the tragedy of Indian Politics are that Indians co-operate with, depend upon, and cannot do without, their British rulers, and yet they cry and clamour for Swaraj, which, of course, is a negation of British Raj. Mr. Gandhi asked them to shed this impossible duality, this selfstultifying slavish psychology. But restraint and discipline are necessary for all great changes. Therefore he said : "Non-co-operate with Government, which is a form of sedition, rebellion and revolution, but in doing so remain non-violent in thought, word and deed." The Beauty of the teaching is that a disarmed slavish subject race cannot go wrong in its fight against the might of a great Empire by non-violent non-co-operation. But the cult failed because the race was not prepared for the role of freedom; in other words, because its members did not want Sva-raj, because they could not afford to do without its contradictory, Par-raj.
The Statutory Commission and the Jainas. The Statutory Commission under the Government of India Act 1919, is soon to swim above the horizon of Indian Politics.
India is a little astir ; but only on the surface and in certain spots. The huge leviathan of our Motherland is insensate as ever. It has not even breathed heavily. Its slecp is sound. Yet being so very huge and bearing the dead and living impresses of so many cultures on its back, it could not but be making History even in its deep slumber,
The Congress is drafting a Constitution, a Declaration of Rights etc. Mrs. Besant's Commonwealth of India Bill is in the British Parliament already. The Muslims are rightly awake and alert for their rights against Hindus, among whom the Brahman supremacy is a remarkable thing. This supremacy is bloodhungry like the man-eating tiger. It has tasted blood by driving Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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