8 Quotes by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

আত্মোপকারীকে বনবাসে বিসর্জন করা যাহাদিগের প্রকৃতি, তাহারা চিরকাল আত্মোপকারীকে বনবাসে দিবে – কিন্তু যতবার বনবাসিত করুক না কেন, পরের কাষ্ঠাহরণ করা যাহার স্বভাব, সে পুনর্বার পরের কাষ্ঠাহরণে যাইবে। তুমি অধম – তাই বলিয়া আমি উত্তম হইবো না কেন?

The Motherland is our only mother. Our Motherland is higher than heaven. Mother India is our mother. We have no other mother. We have no father, no brother, no sister, no wife, no children, no home, no hearth – all we have is the Mother:.

Because the British keep India in subjection by the sword. And she can be freed only by the sword. Those who talk of winning India’s independence by peaceful means do not know the British, I am sure. Please say Bande Mataram.

In our work we do not differentiate between Hindu or Muslim, Buddhist or Sikh, Parsee or Pariah. We are all brothers here – all Children of the same Mother India.

You just robbed a revenue cart.’ ‘That was neither stealing nor robbery. Whose money did we capture?’ ‘Why, the King’s!’ ‘King’s, you say! What right has an English King to the wealth of our land?

Mother,’ said the Mahatma, ’this is the temple, the mosque, the vihara and the gurdwara of Mother India. Cast aside all fear from your heart.

When, O Master, when shall we see our Mother India in this garb again – so radiant and so cheerful?’ ‘Only when all the children of the Motherland shall call her Mother in all sincerity.

To die without accomplishing our work, is that desirable?