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Understanding Gandhi

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Author : Jayshree Mehta
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Release Date : 2011-02-14

Understanding Gandhi written by Jayshree Mehta and has been published by SAGE Publications Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-14 with Political Science categories.

Understanding Gandhi is a collection of interviews conducted by Fr d J. Blum (1914–1990),of six of Mahatma Gandhi’s closest associates—J.B. Kriplani, Raihana Tyabji, Dada Dharmadhikari, Sushila Nayar, Jhaver Patel and Sucheta Kripalani. The interviewees reflect on Gandhi’s ideas in the light of changes that took place in India after Independence. The book provides glimpses of Gandhi’s ideas and working relationship with his colleagues who came from a wide range of backgrounds, professions and geographical regions. It also brings out the thoughts of Gandhi and his followers on several important issues such as Satyagraha, non-violence, Brahmacharya, spirituality, and fasting. This blend of an intimate knowledge of Gandhi and the reflective hindsight gives the book a unique vantage point that promotes a holistic understanding of Gandhian thought and philosophy.

Understanding Gandhi

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Author : Sarva Daman Singh
language : en
Publisher: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Release Date : 2018-08-01

Understanding Gandhi written by Sarva Daman Singh and has been published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Neither an ode of adulation, nor an exercise in iconoclasm, this book on Gandhi gives praise where praise is due; and criticizes where criticism is warranted. The author treads in step with Gandhi as he reveals himself in his Experiments with Truth in an honest attempt to understand the Mahatma in the making. Gandhi's veracity is not in question; but his memory, and selection and omission of episodes, inevitably temper the tenor of truth! His equation of Truth with God can only be understood as justice and fair play analogous to sat or ṛta signifying the Cosmic Order. Page after page poses questions in a bid to understand Gandhi as he speaks, writes and acts. The author relates how Gandhi discovered himself in South Africa; and formulated a new vocabulary of revolt; a new ideology of non-violence and self-suffering to defeat racial injustice and tyranny; to rouse the corrective conscience of his oppressors. Deliberate defiance of unjust laws, self-effacing humility, unflinching acceptance of punishment, the unfading smile and unfailing forgiveness sum up the transformation of an otherwise ordinary mortal into a Mahatma, who identified himself with all downtrodden humanity! Ahiṁsā, satya and satyāgraha became the watchwords of his philosophy in action. The author explores the meanings of these words; and notes that at times Gandhi's ahiṁsā could be devoid of compassion, confined only to self-cleansing, not true to itself. He learned from all religions without conversion to any; and identified religion with morality, without realizing that morality preceded the rise of religion. As basic morality constituting the core of every religion transcends all doctrinal divisions, Gandhi tirelessly advocated religious tolerance; and Hindu-Muslim unity. He lived and died for peaceful co-existence. But his pursuit of mokṣa (release from reincarnation) was irrelevant to the world's welfare! Gandhi upheld human equality and indivisibility regardless of race and colour. The author notes his reverence for the Brahmins; and his painful progress from caste consciousness to its final rejection. He draws attention to Gandhi's unwillingness to mount a satyāgraha for the liberation of the untouchables from Brahmanical tyranny. Gandhi also took time to realize the woeful plight of the Africans; and to speak of a future which would grant them their due in the land of their birth. The author also takes note of Gandhi's great love of the British, and his faith in their destiny to deliver the world into a dawn of freedom and democracy. He points to Gandhi's celebration of the British success against Indians in 1857! It took a while to shake off that subservience in Gandhi's Hind Swaraj. The book looks closely at Gandhi's relations with his elder brother and friends. The author notes his dictatorial direction of the lives of his wife and sons. His brahmacarya (sexual abstinence) was a capricious imposition on submissive Kasturba; a pathetic denial of the joy of sex mocking mortality and the sorrow of transience. But the book salutes his cruel, uncompromising candour. He practised what he preached. His obsession with sanitation and hygiene unfortunately failed to inspire Indians to follow his example. As an advocate of right means to right ends excluding all violence for the resolution of human disputes, as an enemy of imperialism and champion of human equality, as a practitioner and preacher of religious goodwill and tolerance, as a respecter of the earth and its gifts, as an upholder of the primacy of man over machine, Gandhi remains a beacon of timeless relevance!

Towards Understanding Gandhi

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Author : Dinkar Keshav Bedekar
language : en
Publisher: Bombay : Popular Prakashan
Release Date : 1975

Towards Understanding Gandhi written by Dinkar Keshav Bedekar and has been published by Bombay : Popular Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with India categories.

Understanding Gandhi

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Author : Jayshree Mehta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Understanding Gandhi written by Jayshree Mehta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Nonviolence categories.

"Understanding Gandhi is a collection of interviews of six of Mahatma Gandhi's closest associates--J.B. Kriplani, Raihana Tyabji, Dada Dharmadhikari, Sushila Nayar, Jhaver Patel and Sucheta Kripalani. The interviewees reflect on Gandhi's ideas in the light of changes that took place in India after Independence. These interviews have been conducted by Fred J Blum (1914-1990), an academician and consultant to the US Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, whose lifelong commitment was to understand Gandhi's approach to social, economic and spiritual issues. The book provides glimpses of Gandhi's ideas and working relationship with his colleagues who came from a wide range of backgrounds, professions and geographical regions. It also brings out the thoughts of Gandhi and his followers on several important issues such as Satyagraha, non-violence, Brahmacharya, spirituality, and fasting. This blend of an intimate knowledge of Gandhi and the reflective hindsight gives the book a unique vantage point that promotes a holistic understanding of Gandhian thought and philosophy"--Provided by publisher.

Understanding Gandhi

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Author : Dharampal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Understanding Gandhi written by Dharampal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with India categories.

Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian nationalist and statesman.

Understanding Gandhi Today

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Author : M. M. Sankhdher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-01-01

Understanding Gandhi Today written by M. M. Sankhdher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with categories.

Mahatma Gandhi 125 Years

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Author : Bal Ram Nanda
language : en
Publisher: Indian
Release Date : 1995

Mahatma Gandhi 125 Years written by Bal Ram Nanda and has been published by Indian this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

En samling af artikler af forfattere fra 43 lande om den indiske politiker og folkeleder M.K. Gandhi (1869-1948), udgivet i anledning af hans fødsel for 125 år siden

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