This is an encyclopaedia which deals in a comprehensive and systematic manner with all the aspects of Cotton Khadi. This book contains fund of information and analysis of the problems faced by the Cotton Khadi Industry, as well as the suggestions made in this book, help to initiate a series of healthy and purposeful discussions to ensure all round progress of the Khadi Industry in the right direction.

The book covers the evolution of though Khadi right from the Swadeshi Movement, its economic and socio-political aspects and its philosophical background. It also details the whole process of Khadi Production and technological development along with the financial systems & procedures. The author has presented an illustrated monograph on cotton khadi.

The objectives which the Father of the Indian Nation – Gandhi, had set for Khadi work, by and large, continue to be relevant even now. Khadi continues to be the main source of employment for the spinners and weavers throughout India, because they could not get an alternative source of employment at their door steps.

This book is strongly recommended for all those who are interested in the healthy development of Cotton Khadi Industry.

An outstanding work contributing to the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi, the author of these pages Pyarelal, a long-time secretary of Gandhiji, after Mahadev Desai’s death, editor of The Harijan weeklies, which Gandhiji was conducting, needs no introduction. His writings in Young India and Harijan and several works by him on Mahatma Gandhiji were published in Gandhi’s lifetime and after have well established him as a faithful and authoritative chronicler and interpreter of Gandhiji’s life and philosophy.

The present book deals with the Last phase of Mahatma Gandhiji’s life. It is thus a continuation of My Experiments with Truth written by the Mahatma himself. The present book covers the story of the last years of his life in which the results of all the experiments that he carried out throughout his life were put to their severest and final test. Some of the most fascinating pages of the book are devoted to describing the working of his mind in search of new techniques and the plans that had begun to form in his mind for setting India on the road to the realization of the new social order of his dreams in the changed circumstances – an order based upon unity and peace, equality and universal brotherhood and maximum freedom for all.

This book represents such an attempt for those who may be interested in it by one who had the opportunity to observe and know at first-hand the incidents and events which he has described and has the acumen and insight to interpret them correctly.

A detailed and fascinating exposition of the Gandhian philosophy of life with its perennial message to all mankind. This almost a unique book in the world literature gives an insight into the Indian mind and policy not found elsewhere. It is such a record of the variegated panorama in which small deeds and great fall in their true perspective that a true, faithful and soul-stirring, life-giving and enchanting picture of Mahatma Gandhiji’s life and teachings can be found to the contemplated, absorbed and enjoyed.

This book is an exhaustive work by Professor J. S. Mathur, University of Allahabad. This book is a compilation of papers received from a seminar on Non-violence and Social Changes held from 30th January 1971, to 1st February, 1971 jointly organized by Gandhi Bhawan and Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society.

It constitutes four basic subjects: Basic objective of social change; Gandhian Aspect of Non-violence; Non violence and Rapidity of change; and Non-violence and Institutional change. Forty-six schools from all over India and abroad contributed papers on these subjects. If we examine the concept of non-violence as advocated by Gandhi, we will realize that his was a prescription not of the weak but of the strong. He proved in his life time that the unorganized and the weak can perform miracles if they got trained in the art of non-violent techniques of change. Non-violence does not mean passivity or inaction; but dynamic action.

Non-violence as preached and practised by Gandhi is not a single virtue or a single quality of life but congeries of qualities or virtues like compassion, selflessness, self-renunciation, to the extent of reducing oneself to zero & fearlessness for to Gandhi quality mattered rather than numbers. He advocated the practice of non-violence in every walk of life-individual, institutional, political, social and economic. Several instances of non-violent techniques bringing about socio-economic and consequentially institutional change can be sighted from the Indian experience, and the campaigns organized by Gandhi. He gave a death blow to the system of untouchability, an age old practice, through his non-violent struggle. His struggle against the Roulette bill and his Salt Satyagraha are other examples of the success of this technique. The rapidity with which non-violent techniques succeeded during the communal disturbances was proved by him during 1946-47. Lord Mountbatten described him as a ‘one man force’. Gandhi himself held the opinion that “the existing structure of economic society will not last for 24 hours until the weapon of Satyagraha is gripped by the people”.

Humanity must steadily march towards the attainments of a socio-economic society based on justice and fair play through non-violence. In this race for material power mankind will not be able to save itself from self-destruction unless we all mange to practice non-violence in our relations with our fellow-men.