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Revision note: Mahatma Gandhi: Truth, Non-violence and Trusteeship

  • Experiments with Truth (1927); "Truth is God"; Himalayan blunder (1919)
  • Ahimsa = no ill-will; weapon of the strong; satyagraha = truth-force
  • Means = seed, end = tree (Hind Swaraj 1909)
  • Talisman (1947): face of the poorest
  • Seven sins (Young India 1925); trusteeship; sarvodaya (Ruskin, Unto This Last); antyodaya
  • Gram swaraj → Art 40, 73rd Amendment; eleven vows; Intl Day of Non-Violence (2 Oct, 2007)
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