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Friendships of ‘Largeness and Freedom: Andrews, Tagore, and Gandhi: An Epistolary Account, 1912–1940

by Dasgupta Uma
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780199481217
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: History
  • Publisher: Oxford UP
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 600
  • Original Price: INR 1550.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 700 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Asia / South / General

Friendships of ‘Largeness and Freedom’ presents the story of three remarkable individuals—Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi and the Anglican missionary Charles Freer Andrews. Brought together for the first time, the letters in this volume not only bear witness to their friendship but also reveal the universal principles they adopted to pursue freedom from colonial rule.Together, the three friends have given us an alternative legacy—the legacy of a nationalism that worked with complete restraint, that cried halt to the freedom movement whenever it turned violent and that proclaimed the way forward to be in self-suffering and not in hatred of the enemy. They firmly believed that there must be no separation between the spiritual and the political, even in a political struggle. As Tagore wrote: ‘I know such spiritual faith may not lead us to political success, but I say to myself, as India has ever said: Tatah kim? Even then, what?’ Offering a glimpse into the recesses of their minds, their letters help us see what their lives were like beyond the myths and legends that often surround such iconic individuals.

Uma Das Gupta is a Former Research Professor, Social Science Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Served the United States Educational Foundation in India as Director for Eastern India. Held Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and Columbia University. Held National Fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

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