#TalkTheWalk 3: Gandhi In Bombay a panel discussion by Usha Thakkar, Sandhya Mehta, Dinyar Patel

Mahatma Gandhi had a deep and abiding connection with the city of Mumbai, both before and after his sojourn in South Africa. The city is where he took the first tentative steps of his legal career in the 1890s, and it's also from where he launched his first nationwide agitation in 1919, as well as important movements in the freedom struggle in the 1920s and 1930s. His final call for freedom too was made in Mumbai. He famously called the city 'Bombay the beautiful' for the generous spirit of its citizens in donating to the national cause.

In our third #TalkTheWalk to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 72nd death anniversary, Dr Usha Thakkar and Sandhya Mehta, co-authors of the book 'Gandhi in Bombay: Towards Swaraj' will discuss Gandhiji's relationship with the city in a panel discussion moderated by Dr Dinyar Patel.

Dr Usha Thakkar is President, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai. She retired as Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Her research areas are Gandhian Studies, Women’s Studies, and Indian Politics. Her publications (authored/co-authored/co-edited) include Gandhi in Bombay: Towards Swaraj; Understanding Gandhi: Gandhians in Conversation with Fred J. Blum; William Erskine (a monograph in the series Founders and Guardians of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai); Women in Indian Society; Zero Point Bombay: In and Around Horniman Circle; Culture and Making of Identity in Contemporary India; Politics in Maharashtra; Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Women’s Studies Series (in Gujarati, co-editor).

Sandhya Mehta is an independent researcher and social media coordinator of Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya. Her publications include Gandhiji on Religious Conversion (compilation) and she is a co-author of Gandhi in Bombay: Towards Swaraj. She has done Honours in History from the University of Delhi. Her interests include the history of the freedom movement of Western India and social history. At present, she is engaged in the research on revolutionary freedom fighters of Gujarat.

Dr Dinyar Patel is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, currently based in Mumbai on a Fulbright fellowship. He is the author of Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism, which will be published by Harvard University Press and HarperCollins India in May 2020.

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