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'I Still Believe in Non-Violence' by Mahatma Gandhi (Collier's, 1943)
"In the face of history's most brutal war, as men the world over live by the rule of kill or be killed, India's leader preaches a gospel of never lifting a weapon or pulling a trigger. Here he tells why":
"The principle of non-violence means, in general terms, that men will deliberately shun all weapons of slaughter and the use of force of any kind whatsoever against their fellow men...Are we naive fools? Is non-violence a sort of dreamy wishful thinking that has never had and can never have any real success against the heavy odds of modern armies and the unlimited application of force and frightfulness?"
| A Profile of Mahatma Gandhi (The Independent, 1921)
A 1921 account of the anti-colonial struggles waged by the forty-eight year old Mahatma Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi (1869 - 1948). This well-illustrated article touches on Gandhi's popularity among the Indian people of all faiths, his various boycotts and acts of non-cooperation as well as comments made by his admiring British adversaries.
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| Gandhi's Struggle Against British Imperialism (Literary Digest, 1937)
A news article from a 1937 issue of LITERARY DIGEST pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi's continuing fight to break free from the bonds of English imperialism:"The basic policy of this Congress," Nehru admonished, is to combat the 'Government of India Act' (the Federal Constitution); resist in every way the attempt by British imperialism to strengthen its hold on India and its people; stress a positive demand for a constituent assembly, elected by adult suffrage."
| Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)
Roving "PHOTOPLAY" correspondent Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. traveled far afield to Yerovila Jail in Poona in order to ask the incarcerated Mahatma Gandhi (1869 –1948) a question of an entirely trivial nature: "What is your favorite American movie?"
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