Agarwal, Shriman Narayan - The two worlds (1950 1st. ed)

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Conditie: Zo goed als nieuw

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Bombay, Hind Kitabs, september 1950, 1th. Edition

Bound, cloth, with dustwrapper
12vo (4.9x 7.5
173 pages

With one black and white Photograph

GOOD
On the back 1 inch of paper of the dustwrapper is missing.
Name in ink on the 1th. Free endpaper
Contents clean and bright. No foxing.

Principal Shriman Narayan Agarwal, a renowned interpreter of Ghandian thought, is well known to economic and political thinkers in India and abroad. He is an experienced and progressive educationist and has been a pioneer in several important reforms in the Indian education. Mahatma Ghandi wrote of him as one of the young men who have sacrificed a prosperous, perhaps even brilliant career for the service of the motherlandHe has in him an extraordinary amalgam of scholarship, sobriety and humility.
Principal Agarwal regards Gandhism as a dynamic and revolutionary urge for a new way of life.

GOOD
Dust jacket lacks a ½ inch on top of the spine
Name in ink on forst free endpaper

With some black & White photograps

THE BOOK IS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO TYPEWRITTEN LETTERS, SIGNED BY HAND IN INK BY S.N. AGARWAL

The first one, in an envelope, where the stamps have been cut out, has been dated july 4, 1951, is written in English and is about the membership of the addressee (Mrs. G.V. Heerikhuizen-Wels, a Dutch admirer of Gandhi) of the Sarvodaya Samaj movement In addition Principal Agarwal encourages her zeal in propagating Gandhis ideas in The Netherlands. (scan 5).

The second one, in an envelope with Indian stamps, has been dated 8-11-1951 and is a bit more elaborated.
Agarwal emphasizes Gandhis practical non-violence and his strict vegetarianism. He states that medical drugs should not be used unnecessarily (Naturopathy). And, in the last paragraph he elaborates on Gandhis attitude during the 1942 Movement. (scan 6)

He concludes both letters with Cordial greetings, yours sincerely....

An account of his tour around the World in the summer of 1949 to study the latest trends in educational developments and also to acquaint these countries with Gandhian ideas and Gandhian literature. America admires Gandhi. Japan needs a Gandhi

Many of the earliest books about Gandhi and his associates, particularly those dating back to the 1940s, 1950s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive

Shipping costs (The Netherlands: € 3,95; Europe: € 11,50; Rest of the world: $ 29.50) to be paid by buyer