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Hind Swaraj or Indian Home-Rule written by M.K Gandhi is a literary work presented in a dialogue format between Gandhi and a reader. It addresses issues related to Hind Swaraj and answers questions from the audience. The work is divided into chapters covering different topics that provide the complete idea of Hind Swaraj. The first chapters discuss the role of the Congress party, perceptions of British rule, and Gandhi's opinions on Western culture and its implications for India. Gandhi aims to eliminate misconceptions and argues that India must not fall prey to the ills of British society. The first chapters set an inquisitive tone and provide necessary context, with the goal of informing the masses about the

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Hind Swaraj or Indian Home-Rule written by M.K Gandhi is a literary work presented in a dialogue format between Gandhi and a reader. It addresses issues related to Hind Swaraj and answers questions from the audience. The work is divided into chapters covering different topics that provide the complete idea of Hind Swaraj. The first chapters discuss the role of the Congress party, perceptions of British rule, and Gandhi's opinions on Western culture and its implications for India. Gandhi aims to eliminate misconceptions and argues that India must not fall prey to the ills of British society. The first chapters set an inquisitive tone and provide necessary context, with the goal of informing the masses about the

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Hind Swaraj or Indian Home-Rule written by M.

K Gandhi is a literary work that is provided in a


dialogue format between that of a reader who is the audience and the editor which is Gandhi
himself. This work served as a medium for the author to address the issues that were related to
the concept of Hind Swaraj and the plethora of questions that runs in the minds in his audience.

The work is divided into several chapters with each its own direction and area of interest which
combined provide the audience with the complete idea of Hind Swaraj. The following is an
understanding and summary that is provide by the first seven chapters.

The first chapter reaffirms the purpose of the book and takes up a key part of attaining hindswaraj
by bringing up the Congress party which was prominent in the struggle for attaining it. The
inquisitive and explanatory nature that is underlying in the tone of the literary work is prominently
displayed in this chapter. The evidence is that the Congress was a controversial topic during that
time to many as the public were not sure about who did the congress function for the people or
the British Raj.

The following chapters take up several such topics of concern for the public to further discover
what is the swaraj that India needs. The book being written in the time of British rule this context
serves to todays readers and audience by providing light on the daily walks of life society’s
thinking and what were its perceptions on numerous subjects such education, partition and
swaraj. The chapters also aim to eliminate misconceptions that are present such as this statement
he states, “I can never subscribe to the statement that all Englishmen are bad. Many Englishmen
desire Home Rule for India. That the English people are somewhat more selfish than others is
true, but that does not prove that every Englishman is bad.” The above statement is one such
example that is provided to eliminate false perceptions.

The concept that India is a nation that is replete with resources and is still a formidable nation is
an underlying concept that is present throughout the book. This provides the editor the platform
that he needs to state his opinions about the western culture and its implications. An example of
the statement is that of the situation in England to which he writes, “The condition of England at
present is pitiable, I pray to God that India may never be in that plight.” The chapters strongly also
provide light on the authors opinions of the British society that is it is the bane of several
civilisations and India being one of the last few mustn’t fall prey to it.

In conclusion the first chapters set the tone which is one of explanatory and inquisitive nature as
that of its text type. Furthermore they also set out the basic understandings necessary before
approaching the concept of Hindswaraj such as “What is Swaraj?”. Thus we see the book is
aimed at the general public and the purpose is to reach and inform the masses.

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