Mahatma Gandhi And His Apostles
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good — no loose pages or broken binding.
Few figures in modern history have captured the world's imagination quite like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Ved Mehta's Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles presents an intimate and rigorously researched portrait of the man behind the myth. Drawing on extensive interviews with those who lived, worked, and marched alongside Gandhi — his so-called apostles — Mehta reconstructs the daily rituals, contradictions, and extraordinary moral convictions that defined the Father of the Indian Nation. The narrative moves between Gandhi's ashrams, his hunger fasts, his political campaigns, and the deeply personal relationships that shaped his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, offering a picture at once reverential and unflinching. Mehta writes with the precision of a journalist and the sensitivity of a memoirist, situating Gandhi's legacy within the broader sweep of twentieth-century anti-colonial struggle. The book raises searching questions about sainthood, political power, and the human cost of absolute idealism — questions that remain urgently relevant decades after Gandhi's assassination. For anyone seeking to understand not just the icon but the man, this is an essential and illuminating work.
Author: Ved Mehta
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good — no loose pages or broken binding.
Few figures in modern history have captured the world's imagination quite like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Ved Mehta's Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles presents an intimate and rigorously researched portrait of the man behind the myth. Drawing on extensive interviews with those who lived, worked, and marched alongside Gandhi — his so-called apostles — Mehta reconstructs the daily rituals, contradictions, and extraordinary moral convictions that defined the Father of the Indian Nation. The narrative moves between Gandhi's ashrams, his hunger fasts, his political campaigns, and the deeply personal relationships that shaped his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, offering a picture at once reverential and unflinching. Mehta writes with the precision of a journalist and the sensitivity of a memoirist, situating Gandhi's legacy within the broader sweep of twentieth-century anti-colonial struggle. The book raises searching questions about sainthood, political power, and the human cost of absolute idealism — questions that remain urgently relevant decades after Gandhi's assassination. For anyone seeking to understand not just the icon but the man, this is an essential and illuminating work.