Gandhi: A Life

Gandhi: A Life

By: Krishna Kripalani First published: 1968

Printed & Published by: Director, National Book Trust, India Nehru Bhavanm 5 Institutional Area, Phase II

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070

Gandhi: A Life

SOME OPINIONS ON THE FIRST EDITION "Arrangements should be made to render the book in all the Indian languages and distributed among the schools."

- C. Rajagopalachari

Politicians will be eloquent on his (Gandhi's) message and pundits will write their commentaries on it. But what may not be quite so easy to do is to understand the man as he was and wanted to be. Towards that understanding the present work is by far the most outstanding contribution."

-- The Illustrated Weekly of India Bombay

"An admirable short biography--unpretentious and yet competent, lucid, objective and authentic. From the very first page of its Introduction to the very last of its final chapter, this short life is arresting."

-- National Herald New Delhi

"Mr. Krishna Kripalani has now done for Gandhi what he had earlier done for Tagore) in the latter's centenary year in 1961. He has produced a thoroughly business-like biography packed with facts, frequently with quotations from Gandhi's own writings, and are not crammed with cloying praise or carping criticism."

- Sunday Statesman Calcutta

"Amid the torrent and slush of Gandhiana released and about to be released, here is an exception Kripalani's main distinction lies in his tone or accent, civilized rather than committed. It is throughout delightful reading; his account of the last disillusioned days of a leader virtually disowned is exceedingly to the point."

Amrita Bazar Patrika Calcutta



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"Kripalani's brief account of the life of Mahatma Gandhi is undoubtedly an exception to the cloying sentimentalities which are inflicted on us. He brings to his task some outstanding biographical skills... Kripalani's writing is dignified and noble and there are passages in this book which reveal the author's evocative power."

Sunday Standard New Delhi

"When we read Sri Kripalani's biography, we see before our eyes Gandhiji changing and growing. This is the reason why his creation belongs to a very high order of biographical literature."

Andhra Jyoti Vijayawada

" ----- a most satisfying biography of an unusual man ...." Hindustan Standard Calcutta



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To NANDITA who in life encouraged this writing and in death sustained it



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