Gandhi Revisited: The Plight of the Untouchables

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Summary: Novel Explores Homelessness, and Good & Evil
Review: I found the novel's exploration of homelessness unusually interesting, especially the idea that the homeless in this country are our 'untouchables,' and that a kind of tough love is needed, along with enlightened social policies, to adequately address the huge problem. The novel is about the struggle between good and evil on two levels, personal and societal. On the personal level, a doctor's fall into homelessness, alcoholism and criminal behavior is chronicled, as well as his partial redemption through his efforts to help other addicts and homeless persons; then, his ultimate downfall. Those who loved him find solace in knowledge of the positive contribution he made to his community, and in their faith that despite the wrong choices he made in his life and the horrific crimes he committed, he will be forgiven by God. The story is interwoven with writings by and about Gandhi, showing his belief that only unconditional love and nonviolence could cure the societal cancer caused by the caste system and conflicts between India's religious groups. The author is a neurosurgeon who happens to be my brother, and I am proud of the way he has brought his medical, historical and philosophical knowledge together to write this novel. It is a very creative effort!

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Summary: Gandhi Revisited:The Plight of the Untouchables
Review: This book graphically portrays the sad lives of the
American homeless and how a respectable man escapes into
that lifestyle when caught up in the clutches of alcoholism
and how he attempts to conquer it for his fellow untouchables
but is eventually defeated by his alcoholic affliction.The exerpts from Gandhi's Autobiography are graphic in telling his
philosophy of passive resistence & what it can accomplish for
society similar to the preaching of Martin Luther King in this
Country.The plot is novel & written in excellent fashion!