Gandhi Today: A Report on India's Gandhi Movement and Its Experiments in Nonviolence and Small Scale Alternatives

by Mark Shepard

Book Overview

What became of the Gandhian tradition in India following the death of Mahatma Gandhi? Did it quietly die away? Or were there still Indians who believed in his philosophy and methods, committed to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938497049
• ISBN13: 9780938497042
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Simple Productions
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Living Proof that Gandhi's ideas live on

I grew up and was educated in India with little knowledge or understanding of Gandhi life, work, and deep international influence. My teachers, most of whom were Christians, looked down on what they considered Gandhi's unsophisticated ways.College in India was no better than school, with the exception of a gentle Physics professor who introduced me to Gandhi's ideas on Economics. I went on to study Gandhi's ideas more closely, read his autobiography, and most recently came upon this book. Reading it has made me very very happy! Mark Shepard has done a wonderful job visiting with, interviewing, and summarizing the efforts of Gandhian activists in India (with a last chapter taking a quick look at activities of Gandhians worldwide). Whether it is the Peace Army preventing religious riots, or the New Dawn community pooling resources and getting rid of moneylenders and other abusers of authority, each account brilliantly and vividly informs and inspires.Great reading!