India, Oct. 2 -- It is a paradox that in spite of my intimate connection with Mahatmaji, he is the one subject on which I feel helpless when I begin to write. A cynicism overtakes me. Secular admirers have heaped their tributes on him for having shown the world a new method of solving conflicts by truth and love instead of by violence. They often call it a technique. As the secularists have understood the Mahatma, a concealed petitio principii invalidates the technique. It appears to me that we must get behind love and truth and dive deep till we discover what really can make Gandhiji's solution a serviceable reality.

Leaders of men abroad have admired Gandhiji as one who developed an effective new technique based on non-violence for str...