Greatest Indian Debate: Mahatma Gandhi and Tagore on Nationalism

Gandhi’s stature was sky-high, as were nationalist passions, when Rabindranath Tagore, the most celebrated poet of his time, wrote a scathing piece in Modern Review, a Calcutta-based magazine of great repute, titled ‘The Cult of the Charkha’. The article criticised not just the Non-Cooperation movement, the Charkha, but the ideas of patriotism and nationalism as well, which Gandhi stood up for.