Book Summary
Gandhi Anniversary 2019: October 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth and we will publish in time to promote the book for various media tie-ins related to the anniversary.
Top Gandhi Scholar: Tridip Suhrud is an India-based renowned scholar in political science and cultural history and has extensively studied Gandhi and his impact on modern society.
Unique and Comprehensive Volume: This volume will include short excerpts specially selected by Suhrud for their cultural and political relevance and it will be the first time all of the excerpts will be together in one volume.
First Time in Penguin Classics:: This volume marks the first time we have included Gandhi’s works in Penguin Classics, which will create much excitement among our readers all over the world.
Growing List of Activism Books: It will join our growing collection of activism-based texts, including Walden and Civil Disobedience, The Light of Truth, The Women’s Suffrage Movement and The Stonewall Reader, making it perfect for gift-giving and sales roundups.
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—including 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—the 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.