Mahendra
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Appearing
here at
Burlingame Hall
Sunday July 26th
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
An
Appeal to Indians in America
The special mission of my visit to the USA in 2009 is to promote
The Gandhi Story published recently.
It is an integrated abridgement of the only two books which tell
the story of Gandhi in his own words: The Story of My Experiments
With Truth or An Autobiography, and Satyagraha in South
Africa. A total of 1,000 pages of the original works have
been condensed into about 250, and twenty-four pages of pictures
have been added.
For years it has been my earnest desire that these two books may
be read widely all over the world, especially by the young generation.
But their great length made it difficult to attract millions of
readers. The lapse of copyright in Gandhi’s writings (at
the end of 2008) made it possible for me to attempt a combined
condensation of the two volumes.
Both books were written by Gandhi in the 1920s in Gujarati and,
with his approval, translated into English by two of his colleagues.
Now the condensations too are available in both languages. The
Gujarati version’s 50,000 copies were sold out in two months
because, though priced at 40 rupees, Lokmilap spent R 500,000
in giving it to students at the incredibly low price of R 5.
In my humble opinion, this book might be one of the best gifts
that Indians happily settled abroad could give to their friends
and acquaintances there. I have come to the USA to show this book
to our people here and suggest that each of us present it to at
least one American. I myself am eager to go to the White House
to present the book to President Barack Obama.
Now let us join hands to distribute at least 5,000 copies in English
in America. The Gandhi Story is priced at $10 and Gandhijini
Jivanyatra at $8, including overseas airmail postage.
We can reach our goal if at least 150 friends across America would
each volunteer to distribute 30 copies of the book.
In response to my request, some friends in AZ, CA, TX, IL, FL,
and Canada have agreed to receive me and arrange hour-long readings
from the book before small groups. Air-parcels of the book have
been sent to the friends so that people can examine the book and
buy copies. If you find this project worthy of your support you
also could invite me for a reading (I am going to be here till
October).
Those who invite me for a 3-4 day visit to give readings from
the book do not have to pay any remuneration or travel expenses.
They are borne by Lokmilap Trust, a non-profit organization, devoted
to promote understanding between the peoples of India and other
countries. But many friends may not find it convenient to do so.
They could then stock 30 copies of the book, casually show them
to friends who may like to purchase them. Eventually they could
send to Lokmilap a consolidated check for all the books. As soon
as we hear from you, we can send you an air-parcel from India,
to reach America within ten days. For any more information could
kindly call me at 732-821-2443 or email at nanudi@aol.com.
Mahendra Meghani
Lokmilap Trust
P.O.Box 23, Bhavnagar 364001, India
lokmilaptrust2000@yahoo.com
