This excerpt from ‘Kesari: Selected Essays’ by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, translated by Nadeem Khan & Yashodhan Parande, has been published with permission from Penguin Random House India.

Initially, Gangadhar Rao was a follower of Gopalakrishna Gokhale and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Later, he came into close contact with Mahatma Gandhi and was regarded as one of Gandhi's five closest ...

Inspired by the ideologies of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Makarand, a journalist, tries to incorporate his values in the changing political scenario in India.