A Letter to a Hindu

Elektronická kniha A Letter to a Hindu:How many letters can be claimed to have been as influential as this? Leo Tolstoys Letter to a Hindu was originally sent to the Indian revolutionary and scholar Tarak Nath Das. Its circulation saw it spotted by a young Mahatma Gandhi, who was living in South Africa and printed it in his newspaper, Indian Opinion.In the letter, Tolstoy argues that only love would enable the Indian people to gain independence from Britain. It helped Gandhi form his revolutionary ideas around non-violence, which eventually saw India freed from colonial rule. A Letter to a Hindu actually includes a foreword from Gandhi, who became firm friends with the Russian author.-

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