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Mahatma Gandhi and Good Health

Today – Oct 2nd is  M K Gandhi’s  Birthday, also known as “Father of the Nation”.  We all know Gandhi-ji  for his immense contribution to India’s freedom struggle, non-violence movement and his experiments with truth. However, there is little known about his immense contribution to healthcare in India. While in South Africa, Gandhiji had written several articles on health ( no blogs  in those days   ) for Indian Opinion under the “Guide to Health” topic. Later, Gandhiji wrote these chapters while he was confined in the Aga Khan Palace at Poona during 1942-1944.  To him the subject was so important that he hesitated to release them at once,and took time to go through them again and again till the treatment was to his full satisfaction.He intended to correct these chapters if his ever-growing experience so dictated. The original was written in Gujarati and Gandhiji...