Number of words: 94 Then we have another saying in Hindu philosophy: “God alone is, and nothing else is.” You will find the same truth emphasized and illustrated in the Kalma of Islam. The Sanskrit word for truth means literally “that which exist”, “sat”. For this and several other reasons I have come to the … Read more

Number of words: 344 He marks the next stage of India’s progress. Much more touched than Gandhi by social preoccupations and much better informed of the overall worldwide social movement, he has formed an advanced Socialist party in Congress of which he is the recognized leader, although his imprisonments have made it impossible for him … Read more

Number of words: 265 Impressions of Gandhi from my sister and the Privats. He is small, with a well-shaped head, not bald but shaven bare; ugly and likeable (in the end he appears charming), a receding brow, a large turned-up nose, a more or less toothless mouth (which is normally closed, but when he laughs, … Read more

Number of words: 135 Gandhi is a hero in an age of transition, who, like many others, has been divided between two ideals, that of the past and that of the future, and has been forced to abandon the first only very slowly, with difficulty, as if with regret. Nor must his legal training be … Read more

Number of words: 100 Visited by Ambalal Sarabhai, a major industrialist from Ahmedabad. … He is on friendly terms with Gandhi, whose Ashram is three miles away from his home, on the other bank of the river. . . . But this owner and director of large cotton mills finds himself much embarrassed by Gandhi’s … Read more

Number of words 278 Lajpat Rai totally disapproves of Gandhi’s programme since his liberation, and says that if he does not change it he will have to break away from him, which will be a serious blow to the prestige of the Indian cause —but there is no other way. His argument is that Gandhi … Read more

Number of words: 170 Visited by the Hindu political leader Lala Lajpat Rai. . . .(Gandhi often speaks of him in his articles with esteem and affection.) He was the first man in India to be locked up for civil disobedience, and he remained in prison for two years, from 1921 to 1923. … He … Read more

Number of words: 196 I see in Gandhi something quite different from an inter nationalist of my type: he is a nationalist, but of the greatest, the loftiest kind, a kind which should be a model for all the petty, base, or even criminal nationalisms of Europe. An idealistic nationalist who wants his nation to … Read more

Number of words: 239 A good interview puzzle should be easy enough that you’re willing to reject anyone who doesn’t solve it That’s probably the best way of describing the optimal difficulty level for a question with a definite right answer. You want a puzzle such that many people will fail to solve it, but … Read more

Number of words: 108 Before you pose any question to a job applicant, you ought to ask yourself two questions: Unless your response to (at least) one of the two questions is yes, there’s no point in asking the question. The question may tell you something about the candidate, but what it tells you is … Read more