ABOUT THE BOOK
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Mahatma Gandhi said, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was his political
Guru and a true servant of India. Gokhale’s motto was to spiritualize the
public life. His noble dream was the Servants of India Society , which he
founded.
Gokhale was a professor and then principal of the Ferguson
College, Pune. He was a great liberal, parliamentarian and president of the
Indian National Congress.
His mentor, Justice M.G. Ranade started the Sarvajanik Sabha
Journal. Gokhale Assisted him. Gokhale’s deposition before the Welby Commission
on the financial condition of India won him accolades. His speeches on the
budget in the Central Legislative Council were unique, with thorough
statistical analysis. He appealed to the
reason. He played a leading role in bringing about Morley-Minto Reforms, the
beginning of constitutional reforms.
It is noteworthy that this book is being published in the
centenary year of Gandhi’s return to India for South Africa. Gokhale’s death
centenary was on 19 February 2015, while his 150th birth anniversary
is next year.
ABOUT Author
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Govind Talwalkar
was born in 1925. After graduation he joined Navabharat, an intellectual
magazine, and then Loksatta, a Marathi daily of the Indian Express group. In
1962 he was invited by the Times of India group to join the newly launched
Marathi daily, Maharashtra Times, of which in 1968 he become the chief editor.
He retired in 1996.
His distinguished career has made an indelible mark on
Maharashtra. Though impressed by the writings of M.N. Roy, he remained n
non-conformist. He is best known for his incisive, analytical and scholarly
editorials. He made Maharashtra Times a public and intellectual forum.
Political, social and economic problems were discussed. He exposed corruption
in many places. Being progressive, he was averse to parochial views and
cultural nationalism. He championed the cause of social justice, famine
stricken people and landless labourers. He has also contributed to other
Marathi and English newspapers and periodicals and continues to do so.