THE MAHATMA AND THE POET

This book is a collection of letters and debates exchanged by Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindernath Tagore between 1915 and 1941. They have been put together for the first time from old journals and various published and unpublished sources. The letters, of a private nature,preserved in the archives at Visva-Bharati, the University founded by Tagore, are of great historical interest. The debates are issues which continue to be relevant to this day and age. An 'Introduction' by the editor examines the historical context of the correspondence and provides and overview of the major questions discussed in these writings.