![]() ![]() ![]() Despite its strong attraction for a young Third-World immigrant, I had quickly realized the dangerous futility of political violence-without yet having settled on an alternative. There, for the first time in my life, I read in its entirety The Story of My Experiments With Truth, Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, authored with elegant simplicity in the 1920s-upon his return to India, as he assumed the leadership of India's freedom movement after many years of struggle against racial discrimination against Indians in South Africa.īy then I had already had a passing encounter with the radical Canadian left that had argued for violent political change in the world. In the mid 1970s, contending with complex legal principles as a student at UBC law school, I became an easy prey to the distraction of a Canadian general's book collection in the graduate-student centre library. on September 25, on the fest’s Community Garden stage at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library. Dosanjh recently released his memoir Journey After Midnight: India, Canada and the Road Beyond. premier and federal minister of health Ujjal Dosanjh told us. ![]() Which books put a stamp on their imaginations early on? Which ones revealed to them the full powers of the written word? We asked a group of these much-admired writers to tell us about their finest reading experiences. The Word Vancouver festival is set for its 2016 edition with a massively inclusive lineup of authors, appearing at venues around town from September 21 to 25. ![]()
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