To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
 Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World (1916). copy citation

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Author Rabindranath Tagore
Source The Home and the World
Topic curse country worship
Date 1916
Language English
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Note Translated by Surendranath Tagore
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Context

“Only he had not been able whole-heartedly to accept the spirit of __Bande Mataram__. [10]
"I am willing," he said, "to serve my country; but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it."
——— 8. The Nationalist movement, which began more as an economic than a political one, having as its main object the encouragement of indigenous industries [Trans.] .
9. "Babu" is a term of respect, like "Father" or "Mister," but has also meant in colonial days a person who understands some English.” source

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