Swaraj

Swaraj
Author: Arvind Kejriwal
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2012-10-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9350299372

The last one-and-a-half years in India have been defined by the anti-graft agitation led by Anna Hazare. His key lieutenant, Arvind Kejriwal, has played a central role in the movement. In 2012, as it became clear that the political establishment was not going to accede to the main demand of the movement - to pass the Lokpal Bill. Team Anna demanded the setting up of a Special Investigative Team to probe corrupt politicians. On 25 July 2012, Kejriwal, along with two of his colleagues and Anna Hazare, sat on a fast to press this demand. This book, which serves as a manifesto for the movement going forward, gives practical suggestions as to what the ordinary citizen, the opinion makers and the political establishment in India can do to provide a political alternative, or to achieve true swaraj (self-rule). The author's central point is that power must shift from New Delhi and the state capitals to the village councils and the town communities, so that people can be directly empowered to take decisions about their own lives. A must-read for anyone with a dream to leave behind a better India for the next generation.

Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings

Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1997-01-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521574310

Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work - a key to understanding both his life and thought, and South Asian politics in the twentieth century.

Swaraj

Swaraj
Author: Amulya Ranjan Mohapatra
Publisher: Readworthy
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: India
ISBN: 8189973827

Swaraj is a multi-dimensional concept. It not only relates to political freedom, but also means autonomy and harmony in all spheres of life—political, economic, social, cultural, spiritual and moral. This book presents a spiritual and moral exposition of the concept of Swaraj as interpreted by great Indian thinkers like M. K. Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo, Raja Rammohun Roy, Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda.

ENERGY SWARAJ

ENERGY SWARAJ
Author: CHETAN SINGH SOLANKI
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1646509463

One may be getting dangerously close to the tipping point as a result of continued use of energy threatening our very survival. Sustaining meaningful existence and leading a productive life that contributes value, under the circumstances, has become a challenge for the majority of the world population that still suffers deprivation. The book by the eminent author and modern-day Solar reformist, Dr Chetan Singh Solanki, “Energy Swaraj - My Experiments with SOLAR truth” makes a compelling case for localised energy generation & consumption by communities and individuals for sustainability is based on his real-life experiments with Solar and the surrounding truth. - Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, India.

Re-reading Hind Swaraj

Re-reading Hind Swaraj
Author: Ghanshyam Shah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2020-11-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000084272

Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest global icons of all times, is known as much for his successful leadership of India’s non-violent anti-colonial freedom movement as for his virtue and simplicity. His ideals have inspired diverse social and political movements across the world: against apartheid in South Africa, racial segregation in the United States, several state policies and actions in India and nuclear weaponisation, and for environmental sustainability and world peace. Hence, a pertinent question is often raised by media and academia: How would Gandhi have responded to the contemporary Indian and global situation marked by ethnic conflicts, terrorism, economic insecurity under the dominance of a global neo-liberal economic order and moral degeneration in private and public lives? Addressing this question in this volume through critical and variant re-readings of Hind Swaraj (1909), his key manifesto of socio-political transformation, social scientists, political philosophers and social activists seek to establish a social and academic dialogue with Gandhi, interrogating his thoughts, values and vision, and examining their relevance to present-day problems. In spotlight is a contentious issue: the relationship between modernity and emancipation of subalterns, in the light of his critique of modern civilisation, the central thesis of the text. This book will be of interest to those in Gandhian studies, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, development studies, as well as activists, policy makers and the lay reader.

Hind Swaraj

Hind Swaraj
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Publisher: Rajpal & Sons
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2010
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788170288510

Village Swaraj by M.K. Gandhi

Village Swaraj by M.K. Gandhi
Author: M. K. GANDHI
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

According to Gandhiji, ideal society is a Stateless democracy, the state of enlightened anarchy where social life has become so perfect that it is self-regulated. “In the ideal state, there is no political power because there is no State.” Gandhiji believed that perfect realization of an ideal is impossible. However “the ideal is like Euclid's line that is one without breadth but no one has so far been able to draw it and never will.Village Swaraj as conceived by Gandhiji is thus a genuine and virile democracy which offers a potent cure for many of the political ills that mark the present political systems. Such a pattern of decentralized genuine democracy will have a message for the whole of humanity.

Revisiting Hind Swaraj

Revisiting Hind Swaraj
Author: Anil Dutta Mishra
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2010
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788180697166

Development as Swaraj

Development as Swaraj
Author: Sumanas Koulagi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2022-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000835332

This book offers an in-depth insight into the Indian concept of swaraj--self-rule--both in theory and practice and posits it within the larger context of development. It opens by discussing the limitations of prevailing sustainable development paradigm as well as other heterodox development paradigms in achieving a sustainable and equitable future. Further, it constructs development theory around the idea of swaraj, based on the writings of M K Gandhi and J C Kumarappa. The swaraj development vision weaves in the morality of the greatest good of all, political decentralisation, and economic self-sufficiency as important elements to achieve an exploitation-free social order that ensures more control for individuals over their lives. It reveals sustainability and equality as inherent features of such a non-violent social order. The book then provides an introduction to the khadi--handspun and handwoven textile--sector, which is taken as a case study to demonstrate the swaraj development approach. The use of this sector helps readers to get a snapshot of the efforts that have been made since the time of Gandhi and Kumarappa towards the attainment of swaraj. Importantly, the khadi section highlights the method of translating theory into practice based on the unique three-pronged approach of the swaraj development paradigm. By showcasing how to establish swaraj within the khadi sector, the author offers insights into how it can be replicated for attaining a sustainable and equitable world. The book will appeal to scholars and researchers in the fields of Gandhian studies and development studies.