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Prof. Subho Basu, Gandhi and Gandhism The Idea of Gandhi Making Sense of a Paradox

Prof. Subho Basu, Gandhi and Gandhism Gandhi: A Paradox ( )  Unconventional Politician  A Victorian Moralist in the Age of Great Dictators  Searching for Peace in an era of War and Violence  A Critical Outsider in Indian Society  A Religious Leader or Social Modernizer

Prof. Subho Basu, Gandhi and Gandhism Interpreting Gandhi  Gandhi As A Saint  Father of Indian Nation  Gandhi A Revolutionary  Gandhian Traditionalism  A Bourgeois Mascot

Prof. Subho Basu, Gandhi and Gandhism Legacy of Gandhi  Gandhi and Nehru  Gandhi and Martin Luther King  Gandhi and Nelson Mandela  Gandhi as a Hero of Anti- Colonial Movement  Founder of Ecological Movements  International Peace Efforts