Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-281) and index.
Culturing the nation : Bankim's reading of the Gita -- The Sthitaprajna as the foundation of the nation : Tilak and the Gita Rahasya -- Nishkama Karma and the masses: Vivekananda's understanding of the Gita -- Nation in a spiritual quest: Aurobindo and the Gita -- Anasaktiyoga and the nationalist imagination : Gandhi's interpretation of the Gita -- Svadharma and the nation : Vinoba's reading of the Gita -- The Gita and the Ambedkar: Buddhism as the alternative -- Appendix: Aurobindo versus ethicists