Contents: Preface/Tapas Kumar Banerjee. Prologue: Satyagraha as movement, and way of life. 1. Satyagraha/M.K. Gandhi. 2. With Mahatmaji in Poona/Rabindra Nath Tagore. 3. Satyagraha-principles and practice/Nirmal Kumar Bose. 4. Rules for a Satyagrahi/M.K. Gandhi. 5. As I see Gandhi/Narendra Deva. 6. Paths to social revolution/Jayaprakash Narayan. 7. Satyagraha or the service of capitalism/Saumyendra Nath Tagore. 8. Satyagraha and the potentialities of the congress/M.N. Roy, V.B. Karnik and V.M. Tarkunde. 9. Satyagraha or the bullet/Rammanohar Lohia. 10. Satyagraha as conflict resolution/Supriya Munsi. 11. Resolving communal problems by Satyagraha/Rezaul Karim. 12. Sardar Patel and Bardoli struggle/Kewal L. Panjali. 13. Salt Satyagraha/J.B. Kripalani. 14. Mahishbathan Salt Satyagraha/Buddhadeva Bhattacharyya. 15. Charan movement in Bengal/Jahar Sen. 16. Matangini Hazra's heroic sacrifice/Ajay Mukherjee. 17. Document: report of the struggle for independence in Bengal: Bengal provincial Congress. 18. Satyagraha movement in India/Surendra Mohan. 19. Bhoodon and Pardi Satyagraha/Jayaprakash Narayan. 20. Why Chipko movement/B.G. Vergeese. 21. The Janata struggle in Gujarat, Bihar/Dhirendra Sharma. 22. Songs of resistance in Jharkhand region/Pashupati Prasad Mahato. 23. Singur: role of Satyagraha/Rajindar Sachar. 24. Clipping: Koel Karo: resistance to displacement and submergence. 25. Document: Narmada Bachao Andalan. Cartoons.
"Satyagraha is a moral war and Satyagrahi a pilgrim with a torchlight in hand showing the way. Mahatma Gandhi's unique invention of this weapon of non-violent struggle stirred up the imagination of the people of India. Eventually, this weapon has been proved to be most efficacious in mobilising people for mass agitation, movements launched by any political party, frontal organisation and people's front. People have this priceless, matchless weapon in their hands when injustice and oppression go beyond bearable limits.
In this anthology, writings on Gandhi led Satyagraha movements as well as post independence movements as Chipko, Bhoodan, Jana Sangharsh Bahini, Narmada Bachao, Singur have been included. Besides Gandhi and poet Tagore, contributors include participant leaders as Acharya Kripalani, Narendra Deva, Dr. Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Rezaul Karim, N.K. Bose, Ajay Mukherjee who're celebrity figures. The opposing views of M.N. Roy, Tarkunde, Saumyen Tagore have also been included. B.G. Vergeese, Surendra Mohan, Dr. Dhirendra Sharma, Buddhadeva Bhattacharyya, Rajindar Sachar, Jahar Sen, Supriya Munsi, P.P. Mahato are well known in their respective field of knowledge. Some documents, clipping are also included for better understanding of the movements." (jacket)
