Gandhi

We map India’s history to dig out 10 historic letters -- from Nehru and Gandhi to Freud and Tolstoy -- that drove revolutions, called for the freedom of women, strengthened political relations and diplomatic ties, and kept thousands of love stories alive.

Meet C Sankaran Nair, the lone Indian on the Viceroy’s council whose decision to resign after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre marked a new chapter in India’s freedom struggle.

The Champaran Satyagraha is a landmark chapter in India’s history, and an important catalyst for it was journalist Pir Muhammed Munis, whose letter to Gandhi set the stage for the monumental resistance.

Mumbai-based author and journalist, Rajni Bakshi, started Ahimsa Conversations, a YouTube channel that has activists like Medha Patkar to scholars like Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami speak on non-violence as a mode of change even today.

If you feel the story of this swadeshi tea brand is intriguing, wait till you see its iconic logo!

A maverick freedom fighter who both supported and challenged Mahatma Gandhi, Bapat earned the moniker of 'Senapati' when he fought for the rights of farmers during the Mulshi satyagraha in 1921. #ForgottenHeroes #IndianIndependence

"I know of 200 people who have taken up spinning as a result of my workshops. This number is wonderful in itself. It means we have kept the art of spinning alive for yet another generation,” says the man whose entire wardrobe is homespun and home-stitched! #Respect #LiveGreen

"I don’t believe in saving up for a future while ignoring the present. So, I use the money earned from my restaurant and lottery business to abate the destruction of nature. And to make the planet a better place than it is today.”

Surendra Koulagi believed that one could not be introduced to Gandhi or forced into his way of life; one needed to find him and embrace his way, wholeheartedly.

“What makes Biate remarkable is that there are no strictly enforced rules here. There are no legal penalties for smoking in public places, for urinating in the open and for littering. They just don’t do it.”