Russia: Indian Embassy to show Gandhi-Tolstoy bond in exhibition

On the occasion of the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian Embassy in Russia shall organise an exhibition on October 2 with the theme of the bond between Gandhi and Tolstoy and the influence between each other's works and philosophies.

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Details of the exhibition

The exhibition has been curated by a Gandhi Scholar Birad Yajnik which will highlight the relationship of two great personalities of the 20th century by tracing their relationship and the influence they had on their respective journeys. 

The communication between the two lasted over a period of less than a year along with the exchange of books. Due to this significance of ideas exchange, Gandhi had recognised Tolstoy as among the top 3 important influencers along with John Ruskin and Shrimad Rajchandra (Raichand). The exhibition will compare Tolstoy's Bread Labour and Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha and their comprehension of truth, kindness and love being the solution for the world's problems. The exhibition shall also display quotes from selected works of Mahatma Gandhi and copies of books which influenced the two great personalities. 

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More about the Tolstoy-Gandhi relationship

Due to the influence of Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi began using a peaceful way of protest known as Satyagraha against the Asiatic Law Amendment in Transvaal in South Africa. However, due to the protest, he was imprisoned for two months. In 1910, Gandhi had formed a cooperative colony near Johannesburg which was later known as Tolstoy Farm. It was there when Gandhi spread the idea of Satyagraha, which went a long way towards winning India freedom from the British.

(With ANI inputs) 

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