Ramchandra Gandhi

Ramchandra Gandhi

Ramchandra Gandhi (June 9, 1937 – June 13, 2007) was an Indian philosopher student of Peter Strawson and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the founder of the philosophy department of University of Hyderabad having also taught at Santiniketan, Panjab University, California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA, and finally Bangalore University until dying in the India International Centre on 13 June 2007. [ [http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/06/14/Ramachandra-Gandhi-the-quintessential-argumentative-Indian/ Ramachandra Gandhi: the quintessential argumentative Indian | Ashish Mehta | Indiainteracts.com ] ]

His daughter is the noted postcolonial academic, Leela Gandhi.

Published Works

*"Moksha and Martyrdom: Reflections on Ramana Maharshi and Mahatma Gandhi"
*"Sita's Kitchen: A Testimony of Faith and Inquiry"
*"Gandhi's Gujarat"
*"Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta"
*"Ideas Images Exchanges" with Ranjit Hoskote and Roshan Shahani

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