The author's wide-ranging interests are expressed in a new form in this book through an exchange of [fictional] letters between two friends. The reader encounters, inter alia, themes from literature, matters of urgent contemporary concern such as the fault lines in democracies, the extent of injustice, the onus of responsibility, the role of intellectuals, the experience of migrants, the position of women, the continuing challenge of Gandhi's life and thought. The gravity of the contemporary situation both in India and elsewhere is not underestimated nor are the horrific crimes perpetrated in the twentieth century forgotten. The presenting of alter-native standpoints in friends' letters stimulates positive transformations of attitude and hopes for a more peaceful world.--Page [4] of cover.
For young readers
Book data: Open Library