2nd Oct PPT

1. THE MIND OF MAHATMA
GANDHI
A STORY OF A MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM
A TRIBUTE TO BAPU/FATHER OF OUR NATION
MAHATMA GANDHI

2. ABOUT THE BOOK :
• The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi presents to the
reader the quintessence of Gandhiji's thought
and philosophy.• The proofs of the original edition were
submitted to Gandhiji in 1944, and were
read by him. A committee which he had
appointed to scrutinize the compilation
expressed the opinion that it would
constitute "a new Gita, a new Bible". The
book came out, with Gandhiji's approval, in
March 1945. A second edition became
necessary in October 1946.

3. SUMMARY :
• To judge a great man or to decide his place in history, during his life-
time, is not easy. Gandhiji had once observed: "Solon found it difficult
to pronounce on a man's happiness during his life; how much more
difficult it must be to adjudge on a man's greatness?" On another
occasion, speaking of himself, he had said: "It will be time enough to
pronounce a verdict upon my work after my eyes are closed, and this
tabernacle is consigned to the flames." Nineteen years have now
passed since he died-a martyr.
• His death was mourned by the entire world, surely as no other death in
human history. Grief at his passing away was enhanced by the manner
of it. As one observer put it, his assassination would be remembered for
centuries to come. The Hearst Press of the United States believed that
its emotional impact upon the world at the time had no parallel in
human annals since the similar martyrdom of Lincoln. It could aptly be
said also of Gandhiji that "he now belongs to the Ages". One recalls
Jawaharlal Nehru's memorable words on that somber night: "Alight has
gone out of our lives", d sentiment which the New York Times, on
January 31, 1948, underscored, adding that it remained for the
inexorable hand of history to write down the rest.

4. “BE THE CHANGE YOU
WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD”
-MAHATMA GANDHI
MADE BY
-NAYAN ZANWAR