Mahatma Vs Gandhi

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Based On The Life Of Harilal Gandhi-the Eldest Son Of Mahatma Gandhi Bapu Had Failed To Convince Two People In His Lifetime-one Was Jinnah And The Other Was Harilal This novel was simultaneously serialized in the Sunday supplements of three Gujarati Dailies: Samkaleen of Bombay, Jansatta of Ahmedabad and Loksatta of Vadodra. In this book the author tries to make an ardent effort to understand yet another enigmatic facet of human life. The tussle between the father and the son was the most poignant and pathetic story of their lives. When Gandhi, who was busy attending meetings and conferences where the fate of forty crore Indians was to be decided often found headline in a newspaper screaming-Police Arrested Drunk Harilal For Creating A Scene On The Road, and sometimes Harilal himself from the dais of the fundamentalist Muslim organization’s meeting – ‘I shall continue fighting till Ba and Bapu embrace Islam.’

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dinkar Joshi

Born on 30 June 1937 at Bhavanagar in Gujarat, Dinkar Joshi's literary journey in the field of Gujarati Literature spans more than five decades and the number of books published by him has crossed a century. He has written 45 novels on social, historical, rural and ancient subjects as well as innumerable essays and topical sketches. He has edited and translated several books. He has done extensive study and research on two of his favourite characters, Shri Krishna and Mahatma Gandhi. He has deeply studied the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and Upanishads and has written extensively on these subjects with a contemporary perspective and modern interpretation. He has made a notable contribution to Gujarati literature through his biographical novels.