Some Discources on Nationaislm: An Analysis of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru’s Visions on Natioalism

The paper attempts to highlight the discourses that were emerging during the colonial times from the intellectuals of that time, particularly from Mahatma Gandhi to Rabindranath Tagore to Jawaharlal Nehru. The paper gives a separate section to develop and present the ideas of the above-mentioned intellectuals and this paper also attempts to situate the visions of these intellectuals within the present day dichotomy of nationalism/anti-nationalism. This author perceives that the dichotomies of nationalism/anti-nationalism fail to encompass the nuanced ideas developed by these intellectuals. The paper ends by pointing out the limitations of the present day social science disciplines to capture the humanistic ideas developed by these intellectuals.