A hindi book after a long time and this one is really big.
The book revolves around the Gandhiji's stay in South Africa and the activities at that time.
He went to South Africa on a one year permit and after seeing the conditions fo the indians and how they were treated he made a point to fight for a difference and that too with non-violence. We can say that SA was the laboratory for Gandhi to test out his hypothesis of non-violence and it really gave the results with no blood shed. This put the stone for the movement in India which he led later.
The book is a mix of facts and fantasy where he tried to keep the things as close to the reality as the information available. There are some invented dialogues and there are some genuine speeches delivered by Gandhiji.
The book is pretty big (almost 900 pages) and I finished it in 2 months. But somehow I felt that there are better accounts on Gandhi's life other than that and this book can be a stepping stone who wants to explore his philosophy.
If you want to go for a visual account of it than you can go for the movie "Making of the Mahatma".
I wish if you start it and finish it you'll have better understanding of what made him so great.
Peace
The book revolves around the Gandhiji's stay in South Africa and the activities at that time.
He went to South Africa on a one year permit and after seeing the conditions fo the indians and how they were treated he made a point to fight for a difference and that too with non-violence. We can say that SA was the laboratory for Gandhi to test out his hypothesis of non-violence and it really gave the results with no blood shed. This put the stone for the movement in India which he led later.
The book is a mix of facts and fantasy where he tried to keep the things as close to the reality as the information available. There are some invented dialogues and there are some genuine speeches delivered by Gandhiji.
The book is pretty big (almost 900 pages) and I finished it in 2 months. But somehow I felt that there are better accounts on Gandhi's life other than that and this book can be a stepping stone who wants to explore his philosophy.
If you want to go for a visual account of it than you can go for the movie "Making of the Mahatma".
I wish if you start it and finish it you'll have better understanding of what made him so great.
Peace
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