Foreword
Foreword
Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri
Source: Mahatma Gandhi and the Environment (Analysing Gandhian environmental thought) Authored By T N Khoshoo
Abstract:
Throughout human history, there has probably not been a person who has made such a difference to the lives of such a large number of people during one single lifetime as Mahatma Gandhi. Indeed, there have been religious leaders and revolutionaries whose work has spread much beyond their lifetimes, and in fact, most religions that have emerged over the last 2000 years or so have spread only after their founders departed from this world. Gandhiji is known as the father of the nation by all Indians, who in 1947 numbered 345 million, perhaps the largest number to have been influenced some profoundly by the actions of one individual in his lifetime. This culminated in the successful attainment of freedom by nonviolent means. But there are several aspects of Gandhiji's contributions that have remained relatively unknown. One such facet of his thought and beliefs was environmental protection and ecological balance.
Publisher/Organisation: TERI Press
Publication Date: 1 January 2009