In this remarkable study, well-known biographer Rajmohan Gandhi, underscoring the prominence in the Mahabharata of the revenge impulse, follows its trajectory in South Asian history. Side by side, he traces the role played by reconcilers up to present times, beginning with the Buddha, Mahavira and Asoka. His explanation of the 1947 division of India identifies the role of the 1857 Rebellion in shaping Gandhi's thinking and strategy, and reflects on the wounds of Partition. The survey of post-Independence India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also touches upon the tragic bereavements of six of their women leaders.

Revenge and reconciliation

History

Rajmohan Gandhi

Asia

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Understanding The Muslim Mind

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

India Penguin

Born into the Muhammadzai tribe, from the Charsadda valley in the Pakhtun heartland, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a passionate believer in the nonviolent core of Islam and sought to wean his people the fierce warrior Pakhtuns or Pathans of the North-West Frontier Province from their violent traditions and fight for a separate Pakhtun homeland that would no longer be a buffer between Russia and Britain in the Great Game.  In 1929 came Mahatma Gandhi s call for nonviolent resistance against British rule and Badshah Khan, responded by raising the Khudai Khidmatgars ( Servants of God ), an army of 1,00,000 men who pledged themselves to the service of mankind and nonviolence as a creed. For this, and for his steadfast devotion to his principles, this towering figure was imprisoned for a total of twenty-seven years, first by the British and later by the Pakistani government.  This is a perceptive biography that offers fresh insights into the life and achievements of an extraordinary man, drawing close parallels with the life of Mahatma Gandhi, his brother in spirit .

Ghaffar Khan: Nonviolent Badshah of the Pakistan

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Mohandas a True Story of the Man, His P Eople and an Empire

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Ghaffar Khan: Nonviolent Badshah of the Pakhtuns

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A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 and the American Civil War

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A candid recreation of one of the most influential lives of recent times, Mohandas finally answers questions long asked about the timid youth from India s west coast who became a century s conscience and led his nation to liberty: What was Gandhi like in his daily life and in his closest relationships? In his face-offs with an Empire, with his own bitterly divided people, with his adversaries, his family and his greatest confrontation with himself? Answering these and other questions, and releasing the true Gandhi from his shroud of fame and myth, Mohandas, authored by a practised biographer who is also Gandhi s grandson, does more than tell a story.  With its sweep, its swings between glory and tragedy, the profusion and richness of its characters and the stamina and resilience of the chief among them Mohandas tells the great history of an Asian nation s interaction with a European empire. But this historical account addresses today s issues as well. After the violence the world has witnessed in recent times in Bombay and in Gujarat, in New York and Washington, the American attacks that followed in Afghanistan and Iraq and the horrors of the conflict involving Lebanon and Israel the world awaits the reconciliation between Muslims and non-Muslims which constituted one of the compelling passions of Gandhi s life.

Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and An Empire

Viking Penguin India

Documents the lifelong journey of faith―full of challenges along the way―that made Gandhi the enlightened spiritual leader we revere. Millions around the world revere Mahatma Gandhi, yet only a few know the man Mohandas Gandhi and the internal journey of his soul. This pioneering book fills the spiritual void in Gandhian literature by focusing on the soul and the substance of the man. Uma Majmudar shows that, contrary to popular belief, Gandhi’s rise to greatness was not meteoric; it was, rather, a continuous process of faith development, punctuated by conflicts, crises, and turning points. Using James W. Fowler’s theory of “Stages of Faith” as a guide, Majmudar undertakes the first developmental study to analyze the fundamental role of faith in transforming Gandhi’s life. She proposes that the power that nourished Gandhi’s soul was his ever-growing faith in the ultimate triumph of Truth and in the innate Godliness of the human soul. Along with making an invaluable contribution to numerous cross-cultural disciplines, the book also offers something special to those wishing to embark on their own faith developmental journey, guided by Gandhi’s example. “Majmudar wants us to touch and feel Gandhi. He is not on a pedestal, he is not made of granite or bronze, he is warm and vulnerable.” ― from the Foreword by Rajmohan Gandhi

Gandhi's Pilgrimage Of Faith: From Darkness To Light

UMA MAJMUDAR

State Univ of New York Pr

PATEL A LIFE Tells for the first time the full story of the life of Vallabhbhai the ploughboy who helped liberate India and then in 1947-9 welded her into one nation Built from correspondence and diaries including the Sardars letter and the remarkable diary kept by his daughter Manibhen PATEL is as authentic intimate and complete an account as can be assembled That there is today an India to think and talk about President Rajendra Prasad wrote in May 1959 is very largely due to Sardar Patels statesmanship and firm administration Yet added Prasad we are apt to ignore him If ignored Sardar Patel is also missed Troubled times engender a longing for the grip on Indias affairs that Patel had How he acquired that grip is part of PATELS story A quarter-century after the selection of Indias first Premier C Rajagopalachari recalled the event and wrote Undoubtedly it would have been better if Nehru had been asked to be Foreign Minister and Patel made the Prime Minister

Patel a Life

Navjivan Trust

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