India of My DreamsA book, which places before the reader not only those basic and fundamental principles, but also indicates how we can help to fulfill them through our freedom by establishing a polity and social life, and through the instrumentality of a constitution and the dedication of the human material which this vast country will now throw up to work without any external fetters or internal inhibitions, will be welcomed by all. Shri R. K. Prabhu has proved his skill in making a selection of the most telling and significant passage from Mahatma Gandhi’s writings and have no doubt that this volume will be a useful addition to the literature on the subject. |
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On 15th August, 1947, India will have finally shaken off the yoke of foreign which for the past century and half had held her soil in bondage and well-nigh ruined her materially, morally and spiritually. In the process of achieving her ...
On 15th August, 1947, India will have finally shaken off the yoke of foreign which for the past century and half had held her soil in bondage and well-nigh ruined her materially, morally and spiritually. In the process of achieving her ...
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The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private. Young India, 23-1-'30 Poorna Swaraj....'Poorna' complete because it is as much for the prince as for the peasant, ...
The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private. Young India, 23-1-'30 Poorna Swaraj....'Poorna' complete because it is as much for the prince as for the peasant, ...
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... Swaraj is not isolated independence but healthy and dignified independence. My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual. Legal maxims are not so legal as they are moral.
... Swaraj is not isolated independence but healthy and dignified independence. My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual. Legal maxims are not so legal as they are moral.
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One of them is moral and social, the corresponding end is Dharam, i.e. religion in the highest sense of the term. It includes Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, etc., but is superior to them all.... Let us call this the square of Swaraj, ...
One of them is moral and social, the corresponding end is Dharam, i.e. religion in the highest sense of the term. It includes Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, etc., but is superior to them all.... Let us call this the square of Swaraj, ...
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Their possession of wealth does not argue the possession of any moral or spiritual qualities. King Duryodhana was a master of untold wealth, but with all that he was a pauper in comparison with Vidura and Sudama.
Their possession of wealth does not argue the possession of any moral or spiritual qualities. King Duryodhana was a master of untold wealth, but with all that he was a pauper in comparison with Vidura and Sudama.
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Contents
Sarvodaya | |
Theory of Trusteeship | |
Nonviolent Economy | |
The Way to Equal Distribution | |
Indias record of Nonviolence | |
The Sarvodaya State | |
Satyagraha and Duragraha | |
The Tillers of the Soil | |
Back to the Village | |
Every Village A Republic | |
Panchayat | |
Village Industries | |
What the Government can | |
Village Exhibition | |
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| Title | India of My Dreams |
| Author | M.K. Gandhi |
| Publisher | Prabhat Prakashan, 2021 |
| Subjects | › › › History / Asia / South / General Political Science / Civil Rights Political Science / Political Freedom |
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