Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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While Mohandas Gandhi desperately wanted the British out of India "bag and baggage," he deliberately chose to love them anyway. This passage from Mahadev Desai's diaries shows us the real human struggle behind Gandhi's famous nonviolence. It wasn't easy or automatic - it was a tough choice he made every day.

Recorded April 18th, 2025.

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