Book Review-Gandhi – Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change

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Book Review-Gandhi – Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change
Non –violent resistance is a practice that uses different tactics like political and economic non-cooperation or civil disobedience among other tactics. The modern non-violent resistance was accelerated by one of the Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi who fought for independence from the British Empire. In the book, Gandhi: Pioneer of nonviolent social change by Sethia Tara published in 2012, examines the life and the great work by Gandhi from a global context (Sethia7).
The book illustrates how Gandhi's non-violent ideas and his life shaped the world in the 20th century. The book presents important aspects of Gandhi's' life and the main components of his philosophy, presenting Gandhi as a reformer who played significant roles in reconstruction of Indian society through is ideologies (Sethia 13). The author Tara Sethia portrayed Gandhi not only as an independent fighter, but also as a reformer who greatly contributed to the reconstruction of Indian that became fair, open and tolerant. Several events in Gandhi's life shaped his vision of an independent India.
Mahatma Gandhi was known as, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, he was born in 1869 in was India at the seaside. During this period India had been colonized by the British after Bahadur Shah was deposed by the British. Gandhi grew up in Rajkot from Porbandar (Sethia 34). Even though his parents did not receive any formal education, but through their deeds, they had a great influence on. His father was truthful and generous, respected and someone with integrity. For his mother, she was religious she was committed to following the church practices like the Putlibai. Gandhi grew up in a religious environment exposed to many sects of Hinduism and other religions in Indian (Sethia 47).
At an early age, his parents who routinely visited Vishnu and Shiva temples influenced Gandhi. Gandhi moved to England after attending Alfred high school and Samalda College. Going to England had been his ambition. His dream of England was supported by Mavji Dave, a family friend who convinced and his parents that a law degree from England was the best way to get a senior administrative post like Dave’s father (Sethia 55).
Few Indians accessed higher education because it was not affordable and going outside Indian was not easy. In addition, colleges abroad admitted few Indians each year. Going to England was an uphill task because Gandhi had to overcome several hurdles, which he succeeded. Before completing his schooling in India, Gandhi had a wife and had given birth to their first son. His wife wanted him to stay, and his parent discouraged him from traveling to England for fear of losing touch with his family tradition and values. It took the Jain monk; a respected family friend to administer vows to Gandhi is when he was permitted to study law in England (Sethia 61).
According to Sethia, Gandhi led a simple lie in England, living in a rented suite with two rooms and eating two meals Ina day breakfast and dinner. He preferred walking instead of using public transport, walking to him served as a good exercise, which became a habit. He changed his mind set about life that influenc...