Nirodbaran

Talks with Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1

10 December 1938 – 14 January 1941

14 October 1940

Purani: Gandhi speaks of a premonition of a fast.

Sri Aurobindo: Good Lord!

Purani: In reply to Malaviya who had asked him not to fast whatever else he might do, Gandhi said that if he was inspired by God, he might or must.

Sri Aurobindo: The British Government ought to set up somebody to fast against him – (Laughter) not to give up his fast till Gandhi stops.

Nirodbaran: Linlithgow is returning, it seems.

Sri Aurobindo: Yes.

Purani: They talk of Samuel Hoare as the successor to Linlithgow. In the Indian Express there is a cartoon showing Hoare as a rabbit being stewed in his own juice. (Laughter)

Sri Aurobindo: He is needed in Spain. Lothian would have been the best choice. But he is also much needed in America.