On Gandhi’s Reflections During His Last Days: Some Socio-Economic and Political Aspects

Gandhi often thought aloud as he went along, assimilating new facts and situations. One can almost hear the workings of his mind as it grapples, assimilates, suggests, concludes, revises and re-concludes. In this note I take up a few themes which, though often mentioned in public discourse, are prone to be discussed without reference to Gandhi’s evolved thinking or which are sometimes torn out of their context.