{"product_id":"wirk8vz45x6a","title":"The Dawn Of Life: M. K. Gandhi In South Africa by Prabhudas Gandhi; Hemang Ashwinkumar (Tr.) [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrabhudas Gandhi was born in 1901 in Porbandar to Chhaganlal Gandhi and Kashiben and like many members of his family, spent his childhood in South Africa at the Phoenix Ashram.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe memoir,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJeevan nu Parodh\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Gujarati was serialized in a hand-written journal called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMadhpudo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Beehive) that Prabhudas edited at Sabaramati Ashram and published as a book in 1948 in the bloodied aftermath of independence. Awarded the Narmad Suvarna Chandak award, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dawn of Life\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an engaging and elaborate account of Gandhi’s imagination of swaraj, both personal and collective. It flows from the memory of a young Prabhudas who migrated to Phoenix Settlement in 1905 to join his father and uncle Maganlal Gandhi. It has a ring of innocence, which is as refreshing as it is deceptive, for the author forces the reader to look within and confront her fears, prejudices and violent impulses. Being made available to English readership after more than a century since its original inscription, the book pleads for the recovery of a dawn that has remained shrouded far too long in the pitch-dark of communalism, casteism and chauvinisms of various kinds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Hemang Ashwinkumar, this memoir is an unique witness to the history of India and of the subcontinent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Viking Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48078950629626,"sku":"WIRK8VZ45X6A","price":891.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/9780143475873_1_d8a0c728-8637-4b56-9237-a2f2545f962a.jpg?v=1781620891","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/wirk8vz45x6a","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}