A Letter to a Hindu By Leo Tolstoy (Intoduction By Mahatma Gandhi) Abee

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A Letter to a Hindu (also known as A Letter to a Hindoo) was a letter written by
Leo Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das in 1908.[1] The letter was written in response to
two letters sent by Das, seeking support from the famous Russian author and thi
nker, for India's independence from British colonial rule. The letter was publis
hed in the Indian newspaper Free Hindustan. The letter caused the young Mohandas
Gandhi to write to the world-famous Tolstoy to ask for advice and for permissio
n to reprint the Letter in Gandhi's own South African newspaper, Indian Opinion,
in 1909. Mohandas Gandhi was stationed in South Africa at the time and just beg
inning his lifelong activist career. He then translated the letter himself, from
the original English copy sent to India, into his native Gujarati.[1]
In A Letter to a Hindu, Tolstoy argued that only through the principle of love c
ould the Indian people free themselves from colonial British rule. Tolstoy saw t
he law of love espoused in all the world's religions, and he argued that the ind
ividual, non-violent application of the law of love in the form of protests, str
ikes, and other forms of peaceful resistance were the only alternative to violen
t revolution. These ideas ultimately proved to be successful in 1947 in the culm
ination of the Indian Independence Movement.
This letter, along with Tolstoy's views and preaching, helped to form Mohandas G
andhi's views about non-violent resistance.[1] Gandhi's familiarity with Tolstoy
began with his reading of The Kingdom of God is Within You, which argues for a
literal interpretation of Christian principles. Non-violent resistance was a maj
or part of Tolstoy's own view of Christianity.
In this letter Tolstoy referred to the Tamil Tirukkua as The Hindu Kural.
WRITTEN BY: Leo Tolstoy
INTRODUCTION BY: M.K. Gandhi
NARRATED BY: Michael Scott
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