The preface of the book was written by Swami Saradananda. In 1905 the essay was re-printed and published as a book from the same publication. The essay was first published in the March 1899 issue of Udbodhan. The conclusion of his essay has now become a "standard college or high school text". Alas! what can be a more tangible proof of foolishness than this?
Whatever ideas, whatever manners the white men praise or like are good whatever things they dislike or censure are bad. The spell of imitating the West is getting such a strong hold upon you that what is good or what is bad is no longer decided by reason, judgment, discrimination, or reference to the Shastras. He also suggested not to foolishly imitate the West. He asked to consider the soil of India as one's heaven and the good of India as one's own good. He suggested not to forget that Sita, Savitri, Damayanti are the ideals of Indian womanhood. He urged Indians to treat and honour each other as brothers despite their caste or financial condition. Then the author predicted that following this cyclical rule, the Vaishya's too will lose their glory one day and the lowermost class of the Indian society Shudras will rise to power and the whole society will be ruled by them. He tried to describe how the society was first ruled by Vedic priests ( Brahmin), who were followed by the mighty rulers, who had powers in their hands for thousands of years and were finally succeeded by Vaishya power. But, his main focus was on his contemporary India. In this essay Vivekananda briefly recounted and analyzed the entire history of India, from the time when Vedic priests used to be rulers of the society to the occupation of the country by the British. The Bengali essay Bartaman Bharat was first published in the Udbodhan in March 1899. He wrote Bengali essays Bhabbar Kotha, Bartaman Bharat, Parvrajak and Prachya o Paschatya for Udbodhan. In January 1899, he started the Bengali magazine Udbodhan, a publication of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
Īfter returning from the West in 1897, Vivekananda visited many Indian states. The same image was published in the 1905 edition of the book.
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