India of My DreamsMahatma 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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