A Note on the Cover Design
The cover design symbolically represent? the modern miracle
of the near conversion of the warlike Pathans of the North-West
Frontier Province into soldiers of the spirit under the influence
of Hie two Gandhis. Under the shadoiv of the sinister looking
Khyber Pass, "tlie boulevard of sudden death", a monster
gathering of the Pathans listens to the message of non-violence
and 'peace from Gandhiji's lips. It is the same message as is
enshrined in the Ashokan monuments in the NWFP and the ruins
of Ta.rila (seen below), where it was practised by the ancestors
of the modern Pathans two thousand years ago. The fire of
passion in GandhijTs soul is reflected in his face and the gestur
of his outstretched hand. Behind Gandhiji looms the gigantic
figure of Frontier Crandhi, his face radiant with joy to see his
children being iceaned from the curse of violence which threatened
them with race suicide, and his dream of their setting an example
to the world of the non-violence of the brace Hearing fulfilment.
The heap of broken rifles and swords are the arms that the
Pathans have discarded, havbuj discovered a far more -po
weapon in Soul Force.
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