Gandhi lived one of the great 20th- century lives. He inspired and enraged, challanged and delighted millions of men and women around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a permanent fact, but which he did more than anyone else to bring down. In a world defined by violence and warfare and by fascist and communist dictatorships, Gandhi was armed with nothing more than his arguments and example. While fighting for national freedom, he also attacked caste and gender hierarchies and fought-and died-for inter-religious harmony.
This magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life from the time he left South Africa to his participation in the Second Round Table Conference.
Ramchandra Guha's many books include a pioneering work of environmental history (The unquiet woods, 1989), an award-winning social history of sport (A Corner of a Foreign Field, 2002) and a widely acclaimed, bestselling work of contemporary history (India After Gandhi, 2007). The first volume of his landmark biography of Gandhi, Gandhi Before India was published in 2013.
Guha has been awarded the R. K. Narayan Prize (2003), the Ramnath Goenka Prize (2007), the Sahitya Academy Award (2012) and the Fukuoka Prize (2015). In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in the humanities by Yale University.
Gandhi lived one of the great 20th- century lives. He inspired and enraged, challanged and delighted millions of men and women around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a permanent fact, but which he did more than anyone else to bring down. In a world defined by violence and warfare and by fascist and communist dictatorships, Gandhi was armed with nothing more than his arguments and example. While fighting for national freedom, he also attacked caste and gender hierarchies and fought-and died-for inter-religious harmony.
This magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life from the time he left South Africa to his participation in the Second Round Table Conference.
Ramchandra Guha's many books include a pioneering work of environmental history (The unquiet woods, 1989), an award-winning social history of sport (A Corner of a Foreign Field, 2002) and a widely acclaimed, bestselling work of contemporary history (India After Gandhi, 2007). The first volume of his landmark biography of Gandhi, Gandhi Before India was published in 2013.
Guha has been awarded the R. K. Narayan Prize (2003), the Ramnath Goenka Prize (2007), the Sahitya Academy Award (2012) and the Fukuoka Prize (2015). In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in the humanities by Yale University.
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