Re: Dr. Iqbal & Family (Source:OMG)
His poetry and essays before his journey west were affirmations of his patriotism for India Naya Shawala (The new Alter). However upon his return he had developed a twofold distaste for nationalism:
1: For the damage he had seen in Europe where nationalism had racially imperialistic overtones, and:
2: The India he had grown up in now seemed to Muhammad to be unequal in common purpose.