M. S. John – författare

This festschrift in honour of well-known Gandhian, Ravindra Varma, provides a deep insight into his multi-dimensional personality and examines various aspects of Gandhian thought. The book is divided into two parts. The first part, containing impressions and personal recollections of some of those who have privilege of knowing Ravindra Varma personally and intimately, throws a flood of light on the nature of involvement of Shri Varmaji in the national movement. The second part, having 11 papers by scholars of international repute, covers a broad range of Gandhian themes including Gandhi''s views on spiritual living, economy, modernity, social world order, women, religion, education, nationalism and development paradigm, as also Gandhi''s lessons for the twenty-first century. A Buddhist perspective on social as well as environmental violence also makes part of this volume.