MORE LIGHT ON GANDHI
GANDHIS LETTERS TO A DISCIPLE, with an introduction by John Haynes Holmes; Victor Gollancz. English price, 12/6. M ADELEINE SLADE, daughter of a *"" British admiral, a popular social figure and a friend of Romain Rolland, read Rolland’s biography of Gandhi and from that moment she was a religious disciple, But these 351 letters written to her by Gandhi between 1924 and 1948 are not so much a revelation of aspects of her religious ecstasy or of Gandhi, the Mahatma. They show Gandhi telling Mira (Miss Slade) how to keep accounts, how certain Sena leaves are cheaper than castor oil or liquorice powder, or asking her to send him 3 lb, of cotton to spin in gaol, or telling her "I was weighed on Thursday and I was 98 Ib., a gain of 2% Ib. in one week." But the ascetic Gandhi is there also-*That fruit happens to be a delicacy es well as food is perhaps unfortunate," "Be sure that you do not pamper the body," "I may need a dose of milk periodically," "Your primary concern is... to live in villages without needing a yearly exodus to the hills," "Blessed are they that expect nothing." There is something universal in these attractive letters. And they are essential to an understanding of Gandhi’s lifehis methods and his achievement.
W. B.
Sutch
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 634, 24 August 1951, Page 13
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225MORE LIGHT ON GANDHI New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 634, 24 August 1951, Page 13
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