A Letter to a Hindu

What would happen if love, not violence, became the weapon of revolution?
In this radical and revelatory edition of A Letter to a Hindu, Russian literary titan Leo Tolstoy writes to Indian revolutionary Tarak Nath Das, answering the question that haunted colonial India: How can two hundred million people be enslaved by thirty thousand? His answer is electrifying: through their own participation in violence and rejection of the law of love.
More than a historical document, this newly translated and annotated volume by Damian Westfall includes Gandhi’s passionate introduction and the full correspondence between Tolstoy and Gandhi—a spiritual and political exchange that helped ignite India’s nonviolent movement and transform the 20th century.
Westfall's bold, poetic, and illuminating new version doesn't just recover Tolstoy's prophetic moral clarity; it amplifies it. Framed by a moving preface and epilogue, Westfall weaves together Tolstoyan ethics, Hindu wisdom, and the fiery compassion of CHRIST to deliver a compelling, living message for our times: nonviolence is not passivity, but the highest form of resistance.
A Letter to a Hindu is an incendiary guide to personal and political liberation, an urgent gospel for those who still believe in love as a force for real and lasting change. Whether you're a student of history, a seeker of justice, or a disciple of Christ's radical teachings, this is a book that will change the way you see the world—and yourself.