2th October 2022

After flirting with Marxism, armed revolution, and socialism, JP’s search for a political alternative finally led him to Gandhism

The genesis of Jayaprakash (JP) Narayan’s passionate pursuit of freedom and an equitable and just order can be traced to the political and philosophical zeitgeist of his student years spent in the United States (US), beginning at the University of California, Berkeley and later at the University of Wisconsin.