Great soul : Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India / Joseph Lelyveld.

By:

Lelyveld, Joseph

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper Collins 2011.Description: xv, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:

9789350290583

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DDC classification:

954.035092 LEL

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Contributor biographical information

Contents:

South Africa -- Prologue : an unwelcome visitor -- No-touchism -- Among Zulus -- Upper house -- Leading the indentured -- India -- Waking India -- Unapproachability -- Hail, deliverer -- Fast unto death -- Village of service -- Mass mayhem -- Do or die.

Summary: In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	954.035092 LEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2019

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"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

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