Gandhi (Warrior of Non-Violence)

Mahatma Gandhi is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most interesting personalities of the world. This book endeavours to provide a perspective on Gandhiji in the contemporary world, thereby underlining his relevance not only for our time, but also for the future of mankind itself in this nuclear age.

THE PEOPLE of the world ask, as one crisis succeeds another in different parts of the globe, if there is not some other way for human beings to settle their differences than by violence. They want to know if the legalized violence of war and the illegal violence of murder and assault are to be with us always.

The means to carry out human destruction, either in person to-person encounter or in mass attack from missiles originating thousands of miles away from their victims, have become more and more efficient. Human society, therefore, turns to all experiences and experiments for an answer, if possible, a new answer.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi thought he had an answer. It was the reply given before him by Henry David Thoreau, St. Francis of Assisi, Jesus of Nazareth, William Penn, William Lloyd Garrison, and of some of Gandhi's contemporaries, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Adams, Romain Rolland, Albert Schweitzer and Toyohiko Kagawa, for instance. All had the same answer but none of them tried to live that answer completely and in modern times, as did Gandhi.

Known by many names over the centuries-non-violence, non-resistance, and pacifism are only a few-this answer generally has been misunderstood. It has come into new prominence. however, in the second quarter of the 20th century.n cubic meter.

MAHATMA GANDHI is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most interesting personalities of the world. Though it is now over 21 years since he passed away, books are still being written in different parts of the world throwing some new light on the man or his philosophy or offering a fresh interpretation of his life and work.

Perhaps the best guide is his Autobiography but it does not tell the whole story of his life. However, what makes Gandhiji a unique man is his philosophy, a rich blend of the best in every religion and ethical concept. His main contribution to the welfare of mankind is his principle of non-violence-conquest of violence by love and goodwill.

Prof. Roland E. Wolseley and Shri P. D. Tandon are well known journalists and authors of repute, one American and the other Indian, who have put in a lot of labour and research into their present joint venture. I think they have succeeded in their aim of setting Gandhiji in the right perspective in the contemporary world, thereby underlining his relevance not only for our time but also for the future of mankind itself in this nuclear age.

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