TY - BOOK AU - Ram Puniyani TI - THE SECOND ASSASINATION OF GANDHI - ESSAYS SN - 9789385269332 U1 - 954.035092 PUN PY - 2015/// CY - Kozhikode PB - The Book People An Imprint of Olive KW - History Of India KW - Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 KW - Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi N1 - IINDIA, A BLESSED COUNTRY WITH THE GREAT THE SOUL OF MAHATHMA, CLUTCHED INTO ITS DEMOCRATIC VALUES FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS AFTER ITS INDEPENDENCE. AS THE FATHER OF THE NATION MAHATHMA GANDHI HAD A GREAT ROLE IN THE UNITY OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE NATION COULD HAVE FALLEN APART THROUGH ITS SEVER RELIGIOUS AND REGIONAL BOUNDARIES. OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES, A METAMORPHOSIS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN INDIA. GANDHIAN LEGACY IS BEING CHALLENGED BY THE POWERFUL EXTREME FIGHT WING TI SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT IS PERTINENT TO ASK THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT AMOUNTS TO A SECOND ASSASSINATION. DR.PUNIYANI ASSESS THEIR IDEOLOGICAL OBJECTION TO GANDHI AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY SEEK TO UNDERMINE HIS REPUTATION IN TWO KEY AREAS NON-VIOLENCE AND RELATION WITH PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITH ER -