Gandhian Thoughts

1. EARLY LIFE ……………………………………………………………… 1-27 Education Life as an English Gentleman Birth of a Leader Gandhi’s Arrival in India Transvaal Condition Influence of John Ruskin Writing Gandhi’s vows to Brahmacharaya Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance The First Satyagraha and its Success Gokhale’s visit and Withdrawal of Black Act 2. GANDHI’S ARRIVAL IN INDIA ………………………………… 28-4 Satyagraha Ashram, Ahmedabad First Satyagraha experiment in India War Conference Jallianwalla Bagh Calling Civil Disobedience a Himalayan Blunder Boycott of Hunter Committee Gandhi’s Leadership Gandhi’s Fast 3. VARIOUS MOVEMENTS ………………………………………… 43-54 Gandhi as a Mass Leader Diminishing Popularity of Gandhiji All Parties Conference Nehru Report Civil Disobedience Eleven Points 4. SECOND PHASE OF MOVEMENTS ……………………… 55-73 Dandi March The Gandhi-Irwin Pact Poona Pact Retirement From Congress Difference over World War-II {iii} 5. GANDHI’S LEADERSHIP ……………………………………….. 74-90 ‘Do or Die’ Mantra The Cabinet Mission Rajaji Formula Simla Conference Interim Government Formula Politician to Saint Partition Plan 6. TOWARDS FREEDOM ……………………………………………. 91-94 Independence Gandhi’s Helplessness 7. GANDHI’S SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY ………………………. 95-111 Love for Truth What is Truth? Non-Violence means Love Travesty of Non-Violence Critique of Violence The Ends and the Means Faith in Moksha Gandhi’s Sarvodaya Concept of Trusteeship Varna Dharma Concept 8. GANDHI’S IDEAS OF A PLANNED SOCIETY …………………………………………… 112-117 Village Reconstruction Eradication of Untouchability Gandhi’s Moral Philosophy Swadeshi and Swarajya Sarvodaya 9. NON-VIOLENCE …………………………………………………. 118-125 Non-Violence in Economic, Political and Social Fields Gandhi and Force {iv} 10. GANDHI AND SOCIALISM …………………………………. 126-130 Gandhian Socialism Sarvodaya Samaj Gandhi the Utopian Gandhian Socialism Vs World Socialism 11. GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION …….. 131-139 Gandhi’s Ideas on Education Craft- Centred Education Gandhi’s Aims of Education Message to Students Gandhi’s Programme of Education 12. GANDHI’S PHILOSOPHY OF SATYAGRAHA ……. 140-152 Gandhi’s Experiments: The Salt Satyagraha Faith in Truth Qualities of A Satyagrahi Satyagraha: A Weapon to Counter Evil Satyagraha is not Cowardice Strength of Satyagraha Satyagraha Principle Dictates of God 13. RELIGION AND POLITICS…………………………………. 153-157 No Religious Movements without Politics Purity in Politics is Essential Politics is for the liberation of the Country Moral Courage is essential in Politics Secrecy has no Place in Politics 14. THE ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY OF GANDHI …… 158-161 Background of Gandhian Economic Thought The Economic Structure of Gandhian State 15. THEORY OF TRUSTEESHIP ………………………………. 162-164 Non-Possession and Non-Stealing Bread Labour Gandhi on Decentralisation of Industries {v} 16. GANDHI ON FAMILY PLANNING ……………………… 165-167 Late Marriages Brahmacharya Ashram Vyavastha 17. GANDHI AND MARX AS POLITICAL PHILOSPHERS ……………………………….. 168-173 Gandhi was a Philosohical Anarchist Gandhi as a Moralist 18. ENDS AND MEANS ……………………………………………… 174-180 Inner Values Strength Did Gandhi fail Gandhi as a Law-abiding Citizen Truth and Non-Violence Second Best State Gandhian Swaraj 19. IDEAL STATE ………………………………………………………. 181-184 Supporter of Universal Franchise Emphasis on Duties Gandhi and Hinduism Right and Duty Gandhi’s Love for Hinduism Gandhi’s Doctrine of Self-Reliance 20. SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY…… 185-191 Importance of Religion Voluntary Suffering Inner Voice God both Law and Law Giver God is Perfection God and Evil Uncontrollable Optimision MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS………………192-20

Gandhian Thought and Communication: Rethinking the Mahatma in the Media Age looks at Gandhian thought and contributions from an interdisciplinary communication perspective. It explores the Mahatma as a public intellectual and communicator. It studies Gandhi's unique communication techniques to connect with the masses and the way he used and appropriated myth, metaphors and symbols to communicate his ideas related to modernity and nationalism. The book examines how Gandhian ideas have been tested and the implications derived. This book also studies the contemporary relevance of Gandhian thought by looking at various popular media representations to open up the possibilities of rethinking and recasting Gandhi in the present context.

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When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His "experiments with Truth" were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than "passive resistance" or "civil disobedience." By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.

This book seeks to give a coherent account of Gandhi's basic ideas, demonstrating the importance of Hindu thought and the centrality of his concept of Truth.

This book presents an interpretation of Gandhi's political philosophy, and how he strove to connect it with the four goals of life (purushartha). Anthony Parel argues that Gandhi's aim was the restoration of harmony and the removal of any opposition between the spiritual and the temporal, the political and the ethical.

If there is only one book about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi that you need to read today, make Gandhian Thought, New World, New Dimensions by Ravindra Kumar be the book. There are many Gandhian scholars around the world but Kumar is peerless. What sets Kumar apart from the other scholars is that like Gandhi he is Indian, and he understands the culture and customs behind the teachings and the philosophy. One can never study Gandhi and try to separate him from his ethnology. He is a noteworthy researcher. Kumar s interpretation of Gandhi and his ideas is outstanding. Kumar, an educator who has authored over a hundred books, has emerged as one of the great thinkers of our time, and a leading Gandhian scholar. In this book he articulates on Satyagraha, the Sustainable Culture of Peace and how the Gandhian philosophy applies in current international conflicts, Sudan, Myanmar, Iraq, Iran, and outer countries. The book also addresses the fundamental question, is Gandhi relevant today? This book should be a required reading for all individuals who are interested in peace and the Gandhian theory. This book is a necessary read.

"The literature on Gandhi and Martin Luther King is vast, and scholars often speak of the two leaders when discussing theories of non-violence. Yet, no attempt has yet been made to understand the way in which Gandhi and King's socio-political ideas converge in terms of their origins, development and application. In Confluence of Thought, Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that there is a confluence of thought between Gandhi and King's concerns for humanity and advocacy of non-violence, despite their different historical and socio-economic contexts. He says that these two figures are perhaps the best modern historical examples of individuals who combined religion with the political to produce a dynamic social ideology. Gandhi saw service to humanity as the path to 'self-actualization' and thus spiritually most fulfilling; similarly, King pursued religion-driven social action. Chakrabarty looks particularly at the way in which each deployed religious and political language to draw the widest possible membership to their social movements. While Chakrabarty points out that neither thinker was able to fulfill his chosen mission, both suffering death by assassination, he positions the two as the premier modern influences on theories of non-violence today"--