Madhusudan_Das

68 Madhusudan Das :
he went to Ahmedabad to seek help from Mahatma Gandhi. After
that meeting correspondence between the two great men continued.
Mahatma Gandhi had written some letters to Mr. Das two of which
has been reproduced here. In different contexts Mahatmaji had also
commented on Mr. Das with much appreciation. Some of these
comments and appreciation are reproduced in the following pages.
The details of letters and comments on Madhusudan are :-
I. Letter to Mr. Madhusudan from Russa Road, Calcutta. This letter
had been taken from Miss Soilabala Das papers.
II. An extract from letter to G.D. Birla written from Patna dated
Sept. 27, 1925 ( Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol.-
XXVIII, Page 248-49)
III. Madhusudan had delivered a lecture on Dignity of Labour at
the Bihar Youngmens Institute Hall, Patna on Feb. 17, 1924.
Mahatma Gandhi had reprinted a part of the lecture and
commented on it. Both, the part of the lecture and comment,
had been published in ' Young India ' in its Sept. 9, 1926 issue
( Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Vol. XXXI, Page 381-
82)
IV. This extract is from the article ' Swadeshi Vs. Foreign' It was
first published in Gujarati in the paper 'Navajivan' in its issue
of June 19, 1927 (Collected Works, Vol. XXXIV, Page 26 )
V. In a speech at opening of Khadi Exhibition at Bangalore on 3rd
July, 1927 Mahatma Gandhi had lauded the role of Mr. Das. This
is an extract from that speech published in 'The Hindu' in its 4th
July 1927 issue (Collected Works, Vol. XXXIV, Page 105)
VI. This observation was published in 'Young India' on 3rd Nov.
1927 under the title 'Cow-protection'. It has not yet been
reprinted in the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi.
VII. This letter to Mr. Das was written from Satyagraha Ashram,
Sabarmati on Mar. 16, 1928 (Collected Works, Vol. XXXVI,
Page 110-11)
VIII. This is from the comments of Gandhiji published in "Young
India' (10.5.1928) under the heading 'Deadly March of
Civilization? (Collected Works, Vol. XXXVI, Page 303 )