Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, credited to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between two characters. In it, the "Reader" serves as a typical Indian countryman (the targeted audience for Hind Swaraj), who voices common beliefs and arguments of the time concerning Indian independence, while Gandhi, the "Editor," explains why those arguments are flawed and interjects his own valuable arguments of self-reliance, passive resistance and the Indian identity. The Gujarati-language publication was banned from publication by the British in India, causing Gandhi to translate it to English himself to evade the British authorities, as well as rally support from English-speaking Indians and international supporters of independence. It is now considered the intellectual blueprint of India's independence movement. (Mary Kay and Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
• Author credits: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 3:23:13

Catalogue topics

• politics
• western
• India
• British Empire
• war
• travels
• government
• criticism

Track guide

1. 00 - Note, Forward and Reply to Critics — 8:18
2. 01 - Chapter I: The Congress and Its Officials — 11:38
3. 02 - Chapter II: The Partition of Bengal — 5:18
4. 03 - Chapter III: Discontent and Unrest — 2:49
5. 04 - Chapter IV: What is Swaraj? — 5:33
6. 05 - Chapter V: The Condition of England — 7:08
7. 06 - Chapter VI: Civilization — 8:15
8. 07 - Chapter VII: Why was India Lost? — 7:23
9. 08 - Chapter VIII: The Condition of India — 6:37
10. 09 - Chapter IX: The Condition of India (Continued) - Railways — 7:41
11. 10 - Chapter X: The Condition of India (Continued) - The Hindus and the Mahomedans — 13:38
12. 11 - Chapter XI: The Condition of India (Continued) - Lawyers — 7:10
13. 12 - Chapter XII: The Condition of India (Continued) - Doctors — 5:26
14. 13 - Chapter XIII: What is True Civilization? — 8:18
15. 14 - Chapter XIV: How Can India Become Free? — 6:09
16. 15 - Chapter XV: Italy and India — 6:54
17. 16 - Chapter XVI: Brute-Force — 15:31
18. 17 - Chapter XVII: Passive Resistance — 20:41
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII: Education — 13:10
20. 19 - Chapter XIX: Machinery — 8:06
21. 20 - Chapter XX: Conclusion — 15:33
22. 21 - Appendices — 11:56

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