Gandhi and His Ashrams – Revised 2nd Edition
Mahatma Gandhi, revered, cherished and at times severely criticised, is known to the world at large as an enigmatic leader and a political revolutionary. Gandhi has been presented by his biographers in various images from a political pencil leader to a saint, prophet and philosopher. Little has been written about his Ashrams and the non-violent action he propagated through them. The author presents to the readers the influences on Gandhi — his early childhood to the turbulent traumatic years in South Africa — which led to the setting up of his Ashrams — Phoenix Ashram and Tolstoy Farm in South Africa and Sabarmati and Sevagram Ashrams in India. “Our creed was devotion to truth and our business was the search for and insistence of truth. I wanted to acquaint India with the method I had tried in South Africa, and I desired to test in India the extent to which its application may be possible.” His unending search and experiment with truth found shape in these Ashrams.
About the Author :-
Mark Thomson was born in Sydney and spent his early life in Papua New Guinea. He graduated with a Doctorate in history from the University of Bombay in 1985 for his thesis on Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram movement. He has to his credit many articles on Gandhian philosophy and activities. He worked in international development from 1985, including serving as First Secretary responsible for development assistance from 1992-1996 in the Australian High Commission, New Delhi. He later served as Counsellor in the Australian High Commission, Port Moresby. In 1994 he was awarded the Bharat Mitra Samman for this book by National Press India at a ceremony in New Delhi.
ISBN No: 978-81-948714-5-3
No. Of Pages: 328
Language: English
Cover: Paperback
Year Of Publication: Second Edition 2024
