Shankar Dayal Sharma vs. Sri Aurobindo
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Shankar Dayal Sharma
1918 – 1999
Shankar Dayal Sharma was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the president of India from 1992 to 1997 and vice president of India from 1987 to 1992.
"The democratic outlook is strengthened by such awareness of experience accumulated through history in different parts of the world."
Sri Aurobindo
1872 – 1950
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian nationalist and yogi. A revolutionary in the movement for India's independence from British rule, he advocated for complete autonomy through his writings and political activity. Following his imprisonment and acquittal, he withdrew to Pondicherry to devote himself to spiritual practice, eventually formulating the path of Integral Yoga.
"The indwelling deity who presides over the destiny of the race has raised in man's mind and heart the idea, the hope of a new order which will replace the old u…"
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