Interview number: 184

Interviewer: Shanker, Uma

Interview date: 1973-01-06

Length 48 minutes

Condition notes: Microphone noise.

Prof. U. Joshi, politician and Gujarati poet, talks of his admiration for Gandhi, and of the influence his writings and the freedom fight had on Gujarati literature..

Coverage notes: Gujarat Vidyapith; patriotic upsurge; Viramgam, Kharaghora, Kathiawar, Ahmedabad; millet, jowari; ‘Vishva Shanti’; Visapur jail; village people; Marx, progressivism; Basic Education; 1930-1972