Ep 454: The Ideas of Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi's ideas shaped modern India, and were as fiercely contested in his time as they are today. Ramachandra Guha joins Amit Varma in episode 454 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss Gandhi and his arguments.

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Also check out:
1. Ramachandra Guha on Amazon, Twitter and his own website.
2. Arguments With Gandhi -- Ramachandra Guha.
3. Ram and Friends -- Episode 440 of The Seen and the Unseen.
4. Ram Guha Writes a Letter to a Friend — Episode 371 of The Seen and the Unseen.
5. Ram Guha Reflects on His Life — Episode 266 of The Seen and the Unseen.
6. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game — Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
7. Taking Stock of Our Republic — Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
8. Understanding Gandhi. Part 1: Mohandas — Episode 104 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
9. Understanding Gandhi. Part 2: Mahatma — Episode 105 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).
10. Gandhi Before India -- Ramachandra Guha.
11. Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World -- Ramachandra Guha.
12. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi.
13. Hind Swaraj -- MK Gandhi.
14. An Autobiography — MK Gandhi.
15. The Good Boatman -- Rajmohan Gandhi.
16. The Multitudes of Mahatma Gandhi -- Episode 10 of Watching the Wheels.
17. Small Doors Into the Large Rooms of India -- Episode 450 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pranay Kotasthane and RSJ).
18. Annihilation of Caste -- BR Ambedkar.
19. The Mahatma and the Poet -- Edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya.
20. The Grammar of Anarchy — BR Ambedkar.
21. Stride Toward Freedom -- Martin Luther King Jr.
22. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Fountainhead of fundamentalism in India -- B Jeyamohan.
23. The Flaming Feet -- DR Nagaraj.
24. BR Ambedkar interviewed by the BBC in 1955.
25. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul.
26. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul).
27. For Love of the Automobile -- Wolfgang Sachs.
28. The Simon-Ehrlich Bet.
29. Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 -- Rana Mitter.
30. China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism -- Rana Mitter.
31. Cecil John Rhodes in Love and War -- Jonny Steinberg.
32. Victorian Miniature -- Owen Chadwick.
33. The Mantle of the Prophet -- Roy Mottahedeh.

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Episode art: 'Motion' by Simahina.