01889    a2200193   4500008004100000020001500041100002400056245008800080260005200168300001100220500006700231520120900298650003301507650003101540650003301571650002701604650004501631700001901676250505b        ii ||||| |||| 00| 0 mal d  a0199460817  aVenu Madhav Govindu  aThe web of freedom: J. C.b: Kumarappa and Gandhi’s struggle for economic justice  aNew Delhi:  bOxford University Press, c2016.   a369p.   aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 359-362) and index.  aIn June 1929, a thirty-seven-year-old chartered accountant dressed in Western clothes walked into the Khadi Bhandar on Kalbadevi Road, Bombay, to be ‘measured up’ for a dhoti. Having never worn one in his life, he had no idea that dhotis came in fixed lengths. Weeks ago, the same man had filed an affidavit to change his name from Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius to Joseph Cornelius Kumarappa. Discarding an alien name and attire, the anglicized professional was rapidly transforming into a dogged fighter for social justice.
Freedom fighter, economic philosopher, environmentalist and Gandhian constructive worker, Kumarappa (1892–1960) was a man of many parts. He wrote extensively on political economy and simultaneously championed the cause of rural India, both under British Raj and after Independence. If Gandhi’s Swaraj was more than political self-rule, it was Kumarappa who gave it economic content and meaning.
A rare thinker who married theory with practice, Kumarappa challenged received wisdom on industrialization and modernity. Based on extensive archival research, this volume presents the fascinating story of his life, work and ideas that have a strikingly contemporary resonance.  a Kumarappa, Joseph Cornelius  aGandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948  aEconomists--India--Biography  aIndia--Economic policy  aIndia--Economic conditions--20th century  aDeepak Malghan