... a step towards a materialistic lifestyle and world. Gandhi, as stated in Anthony J. Parel's book, 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings, was one of the people that believed the latter. Gandhi voiced his apprehension towards the modern civilization in Hind Swaraj's fifth edition published in 1922. He said, " ... his actions taken to prevent it seem to be established, his economic view though hasn't. Various authors such as Jeffrey Sachs believed Gandhi's ideology of local and village self sufficiency employed a distinctive Marxist trait19, this view though was strongly rejected by Gan...

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... selling silver and devices like clocks and firearms in return for cotton, spices, silk, indigo, jewels and opium. Before long the East India Company was one of the largest employers in London. In India, its major settlements developed into self-sufficient communities, with forts, warehouses, residents and ... highly principled eye, extra-curricular profits were quickly cut down, earned salaries somewhat increased. More than just instilling a new sense of discipline, Hastings brought a sense of civility. He was an educated man, schooled in Persian and Bengali and firmly convinced that the...

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