Nikolai gogol biography of mahatma gandhi
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
Although Gogol was considered bygd his contemporaries to be one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in his work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of surrealism and the grotesque "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", "Nevsky Prospekt". His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm nära Dikanka, were influenced bygd his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire The Government Inspector, Dead Souls. The novel Taras Bulba and the play Marriage , along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman", "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", are also among his best-known works.
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Though Leo Tolstoy and Gandhiji never crossed each other’s path, their shared values and understanding have helped India and Russia bridge gaps
Leo Tolstoy (September 9, November 20, ) is an all-time genius to the entire literary world, cutting across all borders. At the same time, it is worth remembering that for Mahatma Gandhi (October 2, January 30, ) our Father of Nation, distinctly more than above, Tolstoy remained his spiritual guru. A moral philosopher, and one of the greatest authors of all time, he was noted for his non-violent resistance through his work, The Kingdom of God is Within You.
No doubt, Gandhiji was profoundly inspired and influenced by Tolstoy. The two giants never met personally in their life-time but both were close in their hearts and minds. Outstanding Russian writer-philosopher and social activist, Tolstoy was a major influence in the major development of Christian anarchism and pacifism, non-violent resistance movements, such as those of Mahatma Ga
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I just returned from a short holiday in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, a picturesque hill station where I’m a member of the well-known Kasauli Club. The place was freezing at feet. The weather warranted that we wear an ‘Overcoat’ when outdoors almost all the time to be comfortable. Our club premises are adjacent to the languishing bungalow of the noted author late Khushwant Singh. Strangely, the combination of Kasauli and the Overcoat reminded me of two famous short stories that I had read some time ago by two noted authors. One was Ruskin Bond, who was born in Kasauli in and who wrote a short story titled ‘Overcoat’. The other was the famous Ukrainian-born Russian author, Nikolai Gogol, who too, wrote a short story titled ‘The Overcoat’. Not even for a moment I’m trying to compare the two authors for their literary heft but merely trying to put across the point as to how the girth of an overcoat created two impactful stories