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who defined conventions of art. In concise         ———————————————————
terms: He defied defined rules. And if that        Svanik Surve is a history geek with a good
helped him in art, it gives him every freedom      sense of humour. He likes Heroes, and surely
to paint the canvas of character he wanted to      wants to become one.

portray.

                 “A LETTER TO VIOLENCE, FROM PEACE”

                                     - Abhiram Verma


The 20th Century was a period of time that saw Fuhrer twice, appealing him to shun methods

the figure of extreme violence and destruction.    of violence and adopt the righteous path of
Adolf Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi both are the       peace and humanity.
opposite ends of the moral spectrum, while
Mahatma Gandhi got his title ‘Mahatma’ for         The first letter was written by Gandhi was on
his persistent conviction in non-violence, Hitler  23rd July, 1939, when tensions mounted in
was infamous for violent practices and had         Europe following Germany’s occupation of
almost achieved genocide and acquired the title    Czechoslovakia and concerning the sake of
of ‘Fuhrer’ by force. But not many people          humanity Mahatma Gandhi, after being
know that Mahatma Gandhi had written to the        persuaded by his companions, wrote his letter
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