Download or read book My Dear Bapu written by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine years younger than Gandhi, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari or Rajaji was described by him as his "conscience keeper" and, at one time, as his "only possible successor". As his southern general, Rajaji campaigned for freedom, promoting khadi and prohibition. Though they shared nearly thirty years of colleagueship, hardship, friendship—and kinship, when daughter Lakshmi married Devadas Gandhi, Rajaji remained throughout a man of his own mind. The eighty odd largely unpublished letters from this contrarian statesman to his leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and those to his son-in-law Devadas Gandhi and to his grandson, that are presented here come from family archives and public repositories and cover the years from 1920 to 1955, in the run-up to Independence and its early years. Described are the struggles and endeavours, large and small, made in the public arena, besides the inner world of friends, of home and hearth, with both spheres coalescing seamlessly. Frank, brave—at times, bitter, the letters are remarkably free of recrimination or anything that would diminish the dialogue. Observed always is the healthy respect of the freedom to differ, to persuade, to agree to disagree, but never to let down or part. Complied, edited and annotated by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, in a manner he believes his father, Devadas, would have approved, these letters are accompanied by a deeply felt and illuminating introduction. They offer us a rare glimpse into the lives of two of the tallest Indians of our age, when idealism rode strong but was also challenged.
Download or read book Gandhi s Passion written by Stanley Wolpert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half a century after his death, Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire millions throughout the world. Yet modern India, most strikingly in its decision to join the nuclear arms race, seems to have abandoned much of his nonviolent vision. Inspired by recent events in India, Stanley Wolpert offers this subtle and profound biography of India's "Great Soul." Wolpert compellingly chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his early days as a child of privilege to his humble rise to power and his assassination at the hands of a man of his own faith. This trajectory, like that of Christ, was the result of Gandhi's passion: his conscious courting of suffering as the means to reach divine truth. From his early campaigns to stop discrimination in South Africa to his leadership of a people's revolution to end the British imperial domination of India, Gandhi emerges as a man of inner conflicts obscured by his political genius and moral vision. Influenced early on by nonviolent teachings in Hinduism, Jainism, Christianity, and Buddhism, he came to insist on the primacy of love for one's adversary in any conflict as the invincible power for change. His unyielding opposition to intolerance and oppression would inspire India like no leader since the Buddha--creating a legacy that would encourage Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and other global leaders to demand a better world through peaceful civil disobedience. By boldly considering Gandhi the man, rather than the living god depicted by his disciples, Wolpert provides an unprecedented representation of Gandhi's personality and the profound complexities that compelled his actions and brought freedom to India.
Download or read book Our Bapu written by Begum Qudsia Zaidi and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Bapu by Begum Qudsia Zaidi: Our Bapu offers an intimate and heartfelt perspective on Mahatma Gandhi's life and principles. Begum Qudsia Zaidi's work provides a personal glimpse into the daily life, struggles, and wisdom of the revered leader, affectionately known as Bapu. Key Aspects of the Book Our Bapu: Personal Insights: The book shares personal insights into Mahatma Gandhi's character, values, and his impact on those who knew him intimately. Gandhi's Philosophy: It delves into Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, truth, and simplicity, offering a deeper understanding of his ideals. Familial Perspective: Our Bapu portrays Gandhi as a family man, exploring his relationships, parenting, and his role beyond the public sphere. Begum Qudsia Zaidi was an author who had the privilege of interacting with Mahatma Gandhi and his family. Her work, Our Bapu, serves as a personal testament to the enduring legacy of the great leader.
Download or read book THE STRUGGLE FOR HONOUR written by SHIVCHARAN JAGGI KUSSA and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel talks about the wounds and trauma suffered by the people of Punjab from 1984 to 1995. Many a innocent people were killed by either militants or by police under fake encounters. The author, Sh. Shivcharan Jaggi Kussa ji, took 1 year 9 months to write his narrations of self witnessed events which are so bold and vivid that nobody dared to publish it first. Finally, it got published in the year 1999 and was one of its own kind in the history of Punjabi literature, which made Shivcharan Kussa famous overnight. Nobody dared to write on such religiously and politically sensitive matters. Once published, it got placed in all the leading newspapers worldwide as a series. 19 editions have been published by now. The writer hopes and prays for peace everywhere.
Download or read book Ba and Bapu written by Mukulbhai Kalarthi and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 1962-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bapu's betrothal with Ba took place when Bapu was only six and Ba seven. The actual marriage came off when he was thirteen years of age. Thus, they lived a long married life of sixty-two years. This means that Ba alone of all persons had the unique opportunity to see and understand Bapu's life in all its completeness - both at its weakest and strongest. She was a close witness of Bapu's spiritual progress from overindulgence in sensual pleasure to perfect brahmacharya. When he made a resolve to observe brahmacharya she readily accepted it as her own. Her noblest virtue, to quote Bapu's words, was this that 'she was never the temptress.' Thus, as his partner in the performance of life's duty Ba played the role of a real helpmate in the making of Bapu's life. She never came in the way of Bapu's efforts for his spiritual progress. Writing about it in his Autobiography Bapu says: “Willingly or unwillingly, consciously or unconsciously, she has considered herself blessed in following in my foot-steps and has never stood in the way of my endeavour to lead a life of restraint.” —From the Book
Download or read book Bapu My Mother written by Manubehn Gandhi and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manubehn Gandhi, daughter-in-law of Mahatma Gandhi, shares her memories of the woman who raised the Father of the Nation. In this tender tribute, Gandhi paints an intimate portrait of her mother-in-law, Kasturba, whose quiet strength and unyielding spirit were instrumental in shaping India's struggle for independence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Bunch of Old Letters written by Jawaharlal (ed.) and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2005 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Letters In This Volume, Written By Some Of The Leading Figures Of Our Times, Cover The Three Eventful Decades Leading Up To India S Independence In 1947. Evocative Of The Spirit Of Those Stirring Times, Many Of The Letters Are From Those Most Closely Involved In The Freedom Struggle Among Them, Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Maulana Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel And Jayaprakash Narayan. Of Particular Interest Is The Long Correspondence Between Subhas Chandra Bose And Nehru, Which Covers The Crisis During The Tripuri Congress In 1939, And Reflects The Two Leaders Sharply Differing Views On The Mobilization Of National Resistance To British Rule. Equally Fascinating Are The Letters From Mahatma Gandhi, Which Reveal His Acute Political Instincts As Well As His Deep Humanity And His Genuine Respect For Dissent. The Letters Also Bear Testimony To Jawaharlal Nehru S Extraordinary Gift For Friendship, And The Respect And Admiration He Evoked, Both Personally And For The Cause Of Indian Independence, From World Figures As Diverse As George Bernard Shaw, Romain Rolland, Clare Boothe Luce, Edward Thompson, Chiang Kai-Shek And Bertrand Russell, Among Others. A Bunch Of Old Letters Is Essential Reading For An Understanding Of The History Of National Movement.
Download or read book Dr Rajendra Prasad written by Rajendra Prasad and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Dear Child written by Mahatma Gandhi and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scorching Love written by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book publishes - for the most part, for the first time - Gandhi's letters to his youngest son, Devadas from 1914, when father and son were both in South Africa to 1948, when they were both in Delhi, the capital of free India where within hours of the last letter Gandhi was assassinated. Gandhi wrote these letters by day, he wrote them by night, he wrote them from aboard trains, steamers, both right and left hands being pressed into service to rest one when tired out. The letters span three decades during which the writer grew from being a fighter for the rights of Indians in South Africa to being hailed as Father of the Nation by millions in India and - opposed by many as well including the man who felled him by three bullets fired at point blank range on 30 January, 1948. The letters hold his aspirations for his son and for his nation. They bear great love and they also scorch. And we see Devadas, the recipient of the letters, move in them from compliant childhood and youth, to adulthood, questioning and remonstrating with his father and being just the independent son his father wants him to be.
Download or read book Gandhi Hind Swaraj and Other Writings written by Mohandas Gandhi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work. Not only is it key to understanding his life and thoughts, but also the politics of South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. Celebrating 100 years since Hind Swaraj was first published in a newspaper, this centenary edition includes a new Preface and Editor's Introduction, as well as a new chapter on 'Gandhi and the 'Four Canonical Aims of Life''. The volume presents a critical edition of the 1910 text of Hind Swaraj, fully annotated and including Gandhi's own Preface and Foreword (not found in other editions). Anthony J. Parel sets the work in its historical and political contexts and analyses the significance of Gandhi's experiences in England and South Africa. The second part of the volume contains some of Gandhi's other writings, including his correspondence with Tolstoy and Nehru.
Download or read book Producing Bollywood written by Tejaswini Ganti and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These efforts have been enabled by the neoliberal restructuring of the Indian state and economy since 1991.
Download or read book Swa Struggle for National Selfhood Past Present and Future written by J Nandakumar and published by Indus Scrolls Press. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nation that has no consciousness of the past cannot give shape to a great and glorious future. Reclaiming our past and recapturing the Dharmic vision is important for the furtherance of our future, to help us emerge as a confident nation capable of playing its civilizational role.History was a tool used first by our colonial masters, then by their Nehruvian successors and the Left-Liberal cabal to colonize our minds and impede our rise from the abyss of a slavish mindset. Shri Nandakumar surveys the entire freedom movement from a historical perspective to bring out in absorbing detail the real motivation of our freedom fighters - to preserve and revitalize the Swa Consciousness our National Selfhood. The book provides us a new template to view our past
Download or read book Bapu a Unique Association written by Ghanaśyāmadāsa Biṛalā and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What an India Sirjee written by Anoop Wadhwa and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What an India, Sirjee takes off in the year 1931 around the impending hanging of the great martyr Bhagat Singh and culminates in the year 1952. The book dwells on what India would have been had Congress NOT been at the forefront of governance when India attained independence. The book deliberates on how Bhagat Singh is rescued by Netaji Subhas Chander Bose, who himself also survives the day and the two together visualise and create a glorious India beginning 1947. Even as far back as in 1952 as their government's first term comes to an end, a common man is not bereft of food, shelter and clothing, which in effect was the case as long as Congress ruled the nation. This facet has been brought alive through an emotional tale of three siblings Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati who assume the shape of an analogy to a poverty-stricken common man, thereby making the book both relatable and an easy read.
Download or read book Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles written by Ved Mehta and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ved Mehta's brilliant Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles provides an unparalleled portrait of the man who lead India out of its colonial past and into its modern form. Travelling all over India and the rest of the world, Mehta gives a nuanced and complex, yet vividly alive, portrait of Gandhi and of those men and women who were inspired by his actions.
Download or read book Sardar The Sovereign Saint written by Dr Dinkar Joshi and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without wasting time on any further questions, Shankar dialled the telephone number of the Prime Minister’s residence. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister had left for the radio station. Shankar rushed back to give the message to Sardar. Sardar impatiently said : “Shankar, leave immediately for the Radio Station. Go quickly. Try to hold back the Prime Minister’s speech. By no means should the matter related to plebiscite and UNO be relayed. If this happens, the whole country will be put into a great trouble. If need be, cancel this programme. Please leave immediately.” Having waded through the traffic on the way, Shankar reached finally to the radio station but he was late. The Prime Minister was reading his speech on the microphone. Shankar heard him referring to the plebiscite and UNO. The whole world was listening to it. Shankar banged his head. —Extract from this novel A biographical novel on the Iron Man of India Sardar Patel which brings to light various known-unknown facets of his inspiring life. His contribution and efforts for the unification of princely states laid the foundation for a sovereign Bharat. A must read book for every true Indian.
