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This Indian writer had mastery in both English and Tamil. He wrote 14 books in Tamil and five in English. He is known for his voluminous creations, chaste language and poetic skills. He followed the principles of Mahatma Gandhi to the word and practised truthfulness. Even though he has written many books, his magnum opus is considered to be ...
In the book's preface, Gandhi recalled that he had actually undertaken to sketch out his autobiography as early as 1921 but had to set the work aside due to his political engagements. He took on the labour, he informs us after his fellow workers had expressed a desire that he tell them something about his background and life.
Gandhi's life and teachings inspired many who specifically referred to Gandhi as their mentor or who dedicated their lives to spreading his ideas. In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi, and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about
He published one of the first Tamil interpretations of the thought of Mahatma Gandhi, which is still regarded as an important milestone in Gandhian studies. He wrote a number of works on the religious and spiritual thought of Ramalinga Swamigal, an influential Tamil Saivite philosopher-saint of the 19th century. He wrote commentaries on a ...
A. K. Chettiar (3 November 1911 – 10 September 1983) was an Indian travelogue writer, journalist and documentary film maker from Tamil Nadu, India. He is most notable for pioneering travelogue writing in Tamil and for his documentary on Mahatma Gandhi. [1]
When Gandhi's choice of salt was not welcomed by his peers, C. Rajagopalachari ably supported the idea and took part in the Salt March, which was organised on 12 March 1930. [2] A month later, Rajagopalachari was unanimously elected as the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) at the conference held in Vellore. [3] T. S. S.
Pillai on a 1989 stamp of India Early life His father, a senior officer in the British police service, was honored by the colonial government, which offered Ramalingam the position of sub-inspector. However, he declined this offer, choosing a different path.Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, and Subramania Bharatiyar, Ramalingam became an active participant in Tamil Nadu's freedom ...
(Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist, 1869–1948) Note: Mahatma Gandhi took to studying Tirukkural in prison [3] after he learnt about the work from Leo Tolstoy through the latter's letter A Letter to a Hindu. [11] "There are a great number of problems, economic, political and social, standing in the way of a ruler.