67. Who gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old? [2008]
a) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: a
K.G. Deshpande, a friend of Aurbindo from his Cambridge days, was in charge of a weekly, “Induprakash”, published from Bombay. He requested Sri Aurobindo to write upon the current political situation. Sri Aurobindo began writing a series of fiery articles under the title “New Lamps for Old”, strongly criticising the Congress for its moderate policy.