India of My Dreams

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Rajpal & Sons, 2011 - Philosophy - 302 pages
Mahatma Gandhi is the most influential Indian of the twentieth century whose shadow continues to loom large over the country even sixty years after his death. He struggled and dreamt of a India free not only from the yoke of the British rule but also free from the evils of poverty, illiteracy, untouchability with all its citizens enjoying equally the fruits of freedom and prosperity. Many of his revolutionary ideas, termed as idiosyncrasies then, are fashionable concepts followed by today|́|s generation. And the resurging popularity of Gandhigiri is proof of Gandhis continuing relevance in the twenty-first century. This book offers a fascinating peep into the mind and ideas of Gandhi and his dream for a vibrant and prosperous modern India. It is a happy idea to place before the world and the country at the present moment when we are entering upon a new era a picture of the India of Mahatma Gandhi's dreams. The freedom which we have won is throwing upon us the responsibilities of making or marring the future of India. It is in no small measure the achievement of Mahatma Gandhi's leadership. The matchless weapon of truth and non-violence which he has used is needed the world to cure it of many of its ills.

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Contents

India of My Dreams
13
The Meaning of Swaraj
16
In Defence of Nationalism
21
Democracy in India
23
India and Socialism
28
India and Communism
32
The Curse of Industrialism
35
Class War
39
Village Sanitation
129
Village Health
133
Village Diet
136
The Village Worker
139
Allround Village Service
144
A Call to Youth
146
The Nations Health Hygiene and Diet
149
Drink and Drugs
154

Strikes
42
Choice before Labour
45
Rights or Duties?
49
The Problem of Unemployment
52
Daridranarayan
57
The Gospel of Bread Labour
60
Sarvodaya
65
Theory of Trusteeship
69
Nonviolent Economy
72
The Way to Equal Distribution
75
Indias Record of Nonviolence
79
The Sarvodaya State
81
Satyagraha and Duragraha
84
The Tillers of the Soil
89
Back to the Village
92
Every Village a Republic
96
Panchayat Raj
99
Village Industries
101
What the Government Can Do
107
Village Exhibitions
109
The Music of the Spinning Wheel
111
The Mill Industry
115
The Gospel of Swadeshi
117
Cow Protection
123
Cooperative Cattlefarming
126
Urban Sanitation
158
Evil Wrought by the Foreign Medium
161
My Own Experience
168
Indias Cultural Heritage
173
The New Education
175
Basic Education
178
Higher Education
180
Ashram Ideal of Education
188
National Language and Script
192
Provincial Languages
197
Hindi in the South
200
A Code for Students
206
Regeneration of Indian Women
210
Womens Education
216
BirthControl
219
Sex Education
224
Children
226
Communal Unity
228
Varnashrama Dharma
232
The Curse of Untouchability
235
Religious Tolerance in India
239
Proselytization
243
Problems of Administration
246
Reorganization of Provinces
252
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