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You mentioned that Sri Aurobindo once said ‘bourgeois mentality’ is corrupting the Indian mentality. Please elaborate.๐Ÿก๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’ผย ๐Ÿ’ฐ

You may read Sri Aurobindo’s essay titled ‘Burgeois and the Samurai’. The bourgeois is the comfort seeking average human being seeking the easy way. His life is centered around stock ideas and satisfaction of ambitions and desires. 

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Alok Da

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