Gandhiji’s Lost Jewel: Harilal Gandhi

Nilam Parikh, the daughter of Ramibehn, who was the eldest of the five children of Harilal and his wife Gulab (two of whom had died in young age), has written an authentic and dispassionate account of the relationship between Gandhiji and Harilal in this book. She had written the book in Gujarati, appropriately titling it as ‘Gandhijinu Khovayelu Dhan: Harilal’. Harilal was truly the lost treasure of Gandhiji. Her book is based on factual records. It contains a large corpus of so far unpublished archival material including 29 letters written by Gandhiji to Harilal. On that account alone, it is a valuable addition to the Gandhian literature. But, above all, the book is a deeply human document, besides being the most authentic record on the subject.