Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's introduction
- A note on the history of the text
- Principal events in Gandhi's life
- Biographical synopses
- Guide to further reading
- Glossary and list of 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–Wybergh letters
- Gandhi–Nehru letters
- Economic development and moral development (1916)
- Gandhi on machinery, 1919–47
- Constructive programme: its meaning and place (1941), 1945
- Gandhi's ‘Quit India’ speech, 1942
- Gandhi's message to the nation issued before his arrest on 9 August 1942
- Gandhi's political vision: the Pyramid vs the Oceanic Circle (1946)
- Draft Constitution of Congress, 1948
- Bibliography
- Index
Gandhi–Nehru letters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's introduction
- A note on the history of the text
- Principal events in Gandhi's life
- Biographical synopses
- Guide to further reading
- Glossary and list of 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–Wybergh letters
- Gandhi–Nehru letters
- Economic development and moral development (1916)
- Gandhi on machinery, 1919–47
- Constructive programme: its meaning and place (1941), 1945
- Gandhi's ‘Quit India’ speech, 1942
- Gandhi's message to the nation issued before his arrest on 9 August 1942
- 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. They agreed on many things but they also disagreed on a few things. At the heart of their disagreement lay the basic thesis of Hind Swaraj, which they debated frequently. For a brief account of this debate in the 1930s, see Shirer 1979, 36–8.
[Ed.]Gandhi to Nehru
My dear Jawaharlal, October 5,1945
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. All the experience gained by me since 1908 [sic] when I wrote the booklet has confirmed the truth of my belief. Therefore if I am left alone in it I shall not mind, for I can only bear witness to the truth as I see it.
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- Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings , pp. 149 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997
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