Every Indian Independence Day invites gratitude, pride, and sober reflection. For devotees, it also invites a distinctly Vaishnava lens. When the young Abhay Charan first met Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in the early 1920s, he was urged to dedicate his life to spreading Lord Caitanya’s message in English. Alongside that charge came a deeper caution, often summarized as, “Politicians will change, but politics will remain.” In other words, even legitimate victories in the civic sphere canno
