 "Mother India" began as a semi-political fortnightly, and needed Sri Aurobindo's sanction before material in it could be published.Although Sri Aurobindo himself did not write in "Mother India", his interest in important issues of the time was reflected in the writings of his disciple Amal Kiran, the editor of the journal.For example, his message on Korea with its prediction of Stalinist communism's designs on South East Asia and India through Tibet, was originally sent in private to Amal Kiran and became the basis of one of the editorials.