Mahatmaji and The Depressed Humanity

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 89
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171679226

Description

This collection is an assortment of articles occasioned by Mahatma Gandhi's fast in protest against the Puna pact. Gandhiji resolved to fast till death protesting against the communal award by Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald.

It was dedicated to Prafulla Chandra Ray in appreciation of his self-sacrifice for country and his students.East and West (1935) is an exchange of letters between Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) and Tagore. Towards the beginning of 1934 Murray wrote to Tagore expressing his concern about the post-World War European society, to which Tagore replied with his usual optimism and frankness.

Contents

Mahatmaji & the Depressed Humanity

East and West