Freedom's Battle

This collection captures Mahatma Gandhi at a decisive moment in India's freedom struggle, when questions of reform, religion, and resistance converged into a single national crisis. Through speeches, essays, and letters, he confronts the Khilafat controversy, the Punjab atrocities, Swaraj, Hindu-Muslim unity, untouchability, Indians overseas, and the rising call for non-cooperation, arguing that Britain's reforms leave real power in imperial hands and do little to heal the wounds of colonial rule. At the heart of these writings is Gandhi's conviction that non-cooperation is a peaceful but forceful means of resistance, one that withdraws consent from unjust institutions and builds self-reliance, discipline, and civic responsibility. He defends support for Indian Muslims as a matter of dharma and justice, links Hindu-Muslim solidarity to India's moral strength, and frames Swaraj as a struggle that must be won through sacrifice and self-purification. He also denounces untouchability as a grave religious and social evil, while calling attention to the precarious condition of Indians in Fiji, East Africa, and South Africa. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.