WB victory of BJP has provoked too many thoughts to the nationalists of this nation. Shantaveri Gopala Gowda was the pioneer of Lohiaite Socialism, and Shyama Prasada Mukherjee was the founder of Hindu Nationalism and BJP’s historic victory in West Bengal is a philosophical observation of ideological orbits finally aligning. Amazon Brand - Myx Women's Pure Cotton Embroidered Short Kurti | Tunic | Short Kurta (Available in Plus Sizes)

The Restless Saint of Thirthahalli and the Martyr of Srinagar and the new era in Bengal

Both Mukherjee and Gowda spent their lives fighting monolithic political structures. Mukherjee fought the early Congress hegemony and the rising Marxist tide in Bengal; Gowda fought the feudal Zamindari remnants in Karnataka and the administrative apathy of the Congress era.

The paradox between two great men can be correlated with today’s victory in West Bengal. The ultimate defeat of the very "Leftist-Marxist" machinery that Mukherjee feared and Gowda (through his socialism) sought to humanize. Both believed that the state exists for the people, not for the party cadre.

Mukherjee was an academic genius who used his intellect to protect the "culture and language of Bengal and Gowda was the intellectual fuel for Kannada’s literary renaissance bestowing new wave through Ananthamurthy, Lankesh, Poornachandra Tejaswi.

BJP’s victory in WB is being welcomed as a "Cultural Rebirth." Just as Gowda wanted a Karnataka that was culturally self-aware (Swa-abhimana), Mukherjee wanted a Bengal that didn't lose its soul to globalism or communism. The BJP has succeeded today by tapping into that same Native Identity that both leaders championed. Saffron Skies & Sovereign Lines, India’s Bold New Era of Defiance and Domination

Gowda died in poverty, running elections on public donations, Mukherjee died in a lonely jail cell, sacrificing a comfortable life as a renowned lawyer and academic for his nation.

The BJP’s rise from a peripheral Jana Sangh to a ruling party in Kolkata is built on the "Karyakarta" model. This model of selfless, grassroots dedication is exactly what Gopala Gowda practiced in the hills of Shimoga and what Mukherjee projected when he asked the RSS for help to form the Jana Sangh. Rahul Gandhi: From 'Bharat Jodo' to Alliance Todo! Tata, Goodbye DMK

Contemporarily, Suvendu Adhikari, a nationalist leader who rose from the grassroots and taking the oath symbolises a hybrid of these two giant legacies, The Socialist's focus on the farmer and the Nationalist's focus on the motherland.

Thank you, Mukherjee………

Thank you, Gowda……….