In The Shadow Of The Mahatma
In the Shadow of the Mahatma, much more than a compilation of correspondence the author had with Mahatma Gandhi is a penetrating chronicle of the events, intrigues and turbulence that went into India’s freedom struggle, culminating in independence.
The author writes an elaborate commentary on the efforts that went, not only towards achieving self-rule, but also towards social change, mass education, rural reform, the battle against caste discrimination and the building up of an indigenous class of civil servants capable of efficiently governing the country after the departure of the colonists.
Throughout the narrative spanning thirty-eight years, the guiding force for GD Babu was the Mahatma. As such, the central theme of the book is the interaction between these two, but GD Babu fills in the background with all the developments that were taking place at several levels throughout the period, as relevant to the freedom struggle led by the Mahatma.
