Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the centenary edition
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's introduction to the centenary edition
- Editor's introduction to the 1997 edition
- A note on the history of the text
- Principal events in Gandhi's life
- Biographical synopses
- Guide to further reading
- Glossary and abbreviations
- HIND SWARAJ
- SUPPLEMENTARY WRITINGS
- Gandhi's letter to H. S. L. Polak
- Gandhi's letter to Lord Ampthill
- Preface to Gandhi's edition of the English translation of Leo Tolstoy's Letter to a Hindoo
- Gandhi–Tolstoy letters
- Gandhi and the ‘Four Canonical Aims’ of Life (Purusharthas)
- Gandhi–Nehru dialogue
- Economic development and moral development (1916)
- Gandhi on machinery (1919–47)
- Constructive programme: its meaning and place (1941, rev. 1945)
- Gandhi's political vision: the Pyramid vs the Oceanic Circle (1946)
- Draft Constitution of Congress (1948)
- Bibliography
- Index
Gandhi–Nehru dialogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the centenary edition
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's introduction to the centenary edition
- Editor's introduction to the 1997 edition
- A note on the history of the text
- Principal events in Gandhi's life
- Biographical synopses
- Guide to further reading
- Glossary and abbreviations
- HIND SWARAJ
- SUPPLEMENTARY WRITINGS
- Gandhi's letter to H. S. L. Polak
- Gandhi's letter to Lord Ampthill
- Preface to Gandhi's edition of the English translation of Leo Tolstoy's Letter to a Hindoo
- Gandhi–Tolstoy letters
- Gandhi and the ‘Four Canonical Aims’ of Life (Purusharthas)
- Gandhi–Nehru dialogue
- Economic development and moral development (1916)
- Gandhi on machinery (1919–47)
- Constructive programme: its meaning and place (1941, rev. 1945)
- Gandhi's political vision: the Pyramid vs the Oceanic Circle (1946)
- Draft Constitution of Congress (1948)
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Gandhi and Nehru are the pre-eminent founders of modern India. As their famous 1945 correspondence, given below, reveals, Nehru had difficulty with some of the issues raised in Hind Swaraj. However, towards the end of his career as prime minister, he saw himself as striving to implement the basic teachings of Gandhi's public philosophy, especially those relating to the sanctity of the means and the need to maintain a balance between the political, ethical and spiritual pursuits in national life. Supporting evidence is taken from the little known The Mind of Mr Nehru, a long interview that Nehru gave in 1959, in his seventieth year, to R. K. Karanjia, and published with a Foreword by the philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. [Ed.]
GANDHI TO NEHRU
October 5, 1945
My dear Jawaharlal,
I have been desirous of writing to you for many days but have not been able to do so before today. The question of whether I should write to you in English or Hindustani was also in my mind. I have at length preferred to write to you in Hindustani.
The first thing I want to write about is the difference of outlook between us. If the difference is fundamental then I feel the public should also be made aware of it. It would be detrimental to our work for Swaraj to keep them in the dark. I have said that I still stand by the system of Government envisaged in Hind Swaraj. These are not mere words.
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- Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings , pp. 143 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009