Struggling with personal challenges and societal prejudice, the author finds hope and healing through his unexpected bond with Bailey, a shih tzu service dog who embodies love and resilience. As Bailey aids and protects him, she reveals a divine purpose, illustrating the profound impact of companionship and compassion. This narrative not only highlights the transformative power of love but also encourages empathy for those facing unseen struggles. The journey of a boy becoming a man, enriched by Bailey's presence, promises to inspire and uplift readers.
The book provides a detailed exploration of the principles and challenges of nonviolent resistance from 1905 to 1919. It highlights the struggles faced by early advocates of this approach, illustrating the complexities and obstacles inherent in their quest for social change. Through vivid storytelling, it captures the determination and resilience of those who pioneered nonviolent methods in a tumultuous historical context.
Focusing on the experiences of marginalized groups in the subcontinent, this collection showcases the significant writings of David Hardiman, a leading contemporary historian. His rigorous empirical approach, extensive archival research, and fieldwork illuminate often-overlooked narratives, challenging conventional historical methodologies. Hardiman's clarity and depth of insight not only inspire fellow historians but also provoke critical reflection on traditional practices in history-writing.
The Noncooperation Movement of 1920-22, led by Mahatma Gandhi, challenged every aspect of British rule in India. It was supported by people from all levels of the social hierarchy and united Hindus and Muslims in a way never again achieved by Indian nationalists. It was remarkably nonviolent. In all, it was one of the major mass protests of modern times. Yet there are almost no accounts of the entire movement, although many aspects of it have been covered by local-level studies. This volume both brings together and builds on these studies, looking at fractious all-India debates over strategy; the major grievances that drove local-level campaigns; the ways leaders braided together these streams of protest within a nationalist agenda; and the distinctive features of popular nonviolence for a righteous cause. David Hardiman's previous volume, The Nonviolent Struggle for Indian Freedom, examined the history of nonviolent resistance in the Indian nationalist movement. The present volume takes his study forward to examine the culmination of this first surge of struggle. While the campaign of 1920-22 did not achieve its desired objective of immediate self-rule, it did succeed in shaking to the core the authority of the British in India.
Missionaries and their Medicine is a lucid and enthralling study of the
encounter between Christian missionaries and an Indian tribal community, the
Bhils, in the period 1880 to 1964. -- .
