TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gandhi, M. K.,
AU  - Suhrud,Tridip
TI  - Power of nonviolent resistance: selected writings 
SN  - 9780525507369
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Gandhi, Mahatma, 
KW  - Passive resistance
KW  - Resistance
KW  - Civil disobedience
N2  - "In time for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth, a specially curated collection of Mahatma Gandhi's writings on nonviolent resistance and activism. A Penguin classic The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi's birth, and Penguin classics presents a short but comprehensive selection of text by Gandhi that speaks to non-violent Civil disobedience and activism. In excerpts drawn from his books, letters, and essays-includingg from Hind Swaraj, satyagraha in South Africa, yeravda Mandir, ashram observances in action, his readings of Thoreau and Tolstoy, and his essays on the life of socrates-thee reader observes the power and eloquence in which Gandhi expressed his views on non-violent resistance, which have inspired activists from the U.S. Civil rights movement and around the world. The power of nonviolent resistance includes a new introduction and suggestions for further exploration by renowned Gandhi scholar Tridip Suhrud, which gives context to the time of Gandhi's writings while placing them firmly into the present-day political climate, inspiring a new generation of activists to follow the Civil rights hero's teachings and practices."--
ER  -