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'''Ramchandra Gandhi''' (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian [[philosophy|philosopher]].  
'''Ramchandra Gandhi''' (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian [[philosophy|philosopher]]. He was a grandson of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was the son of [[Devdas Gandhi]] and Lakshmi (daughter of [[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]]), and brother of [[Rajmohan Gandhi]] and [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]].
He was the son of [[Devdas Gandhi]] ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]]'s youngest son) and Lakshmi (daughter of [[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]]) and also brother of [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]] and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee.


Ramchandra Gandhi obtained his [[Doctorate|doctoral degree]] in philosophy from [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sita's Kitchen |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |url=http://www.sunypress.edu/p-1457-sitas-kitchen.aspx |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6RTODPP29?url=http://www.sunypress.edu/p-1457-sitas-kitchen.aspx |archive-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> where he was a student of [[Peter Strawson]]. He is known for founding the philosophy department at the [[University of Hyderabad]]. He also taught at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Panjab University]], [[California Institute of Integral Studies]] in [[San Francisco]], California, and [[Bangalore University]]. He died at the [[India International Centre]] on 13 June 2007, four days after his 70th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/06/14/Ramachandra-Gandhi-the-quintessential-argumentative-Indian/ |title=Ramachandra Gandhi: the quintessential argumentative Indian |author= Ashish Mehta - ''Indiainteracts.com'' |access-date=4 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071008093353/http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/06/14/Ramachandra-Gandhi-the-quintessential-argumentative-Indian/ |archive-date=8 October 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Ramchandra Gandhi obtained his [[Doctorate|doctoral degree]] in philosophy from [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Sita's Kitchen |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |url=http://www.sunypress.edu/p-1457-sitas-kitchen.aspx |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042814/http://www.sunypress.edu/p-1457-sitas-kitchen.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> where he was a student of [[Peter Strawson]]. He founded the philosophy department at the [[University of Hyderabad]]. He also taught at [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Panjab University]], [[Bangalore University]], and [[California Institute of Integral Studies]] in [[San Francisco]], California. He died at the [[India International Centre]] on 13 June 2007, four days after his 70th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/06/14/Ramachandra-Gandhi-the-quintessential-argumentative-Indian/ |title=Ramachandra Gandhi: the quintessential argumentative Indian |author= Ashish Mehta - ''Indiainteracts.com'' |access-date=4 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071008093353/http://indiainteracts.com/columnist/2007/06/14/Ramachandra-Gandhi-the-quintessential-argumentative-Indian/ |archive-date=8 October 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


His daughter, [[Leela Gandhi]], is a [[postcolonial]] academic at [[Brown University]].
He was a friend of the philosopher [[K. J. Shah]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Weiss |editor1-first=Daniel H. |editor2-last=Andrejč |editor2-first=Gorazd |title=Interpreting Interreligious Relations with Wittgenstein: Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies |date=2019 |publisher=Brill |pages=47-8}}</ref>


== Bibliography==
== Bibliography==
*''The Availability of Religious Ideas'' (1976)
*''The Availability of Religious Ideas'' (1976)
*''Sita's Kitchen, a Testimony of Faith and Inquiry'' (1992)
*''I Am Thou: Meditations on the Truth of India'' (1984)
*''Sita's Kitchen: A Testimony of Faith and Inquiry'' (1992)
*''Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta's Shantiniketan Triptych'' (2003)
*''Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta's Shantiniketan Triptych'' (2003)
*''Muniya's Light'' (2005)
*''Muniya's Light: A Narrative of Truth and Myth'' (2005)


==References==
==References==
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Ramchandra Gandhi (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian philosopher. He was a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of Devdas Gandhi and Lakshmi (daughter of Rajaji), and brother of Rajmohan Gandhi and Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Ramchandra Gandhi obtained his doctoral degree in philosophy from Oxford[1] where he was a student of Peter Strawson. He founded the philosophy department at the University of Hyderabad. He also taught at Visva-Bharati University, Panjab University, Bangalore University, and California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California. He died at the India International Centre on 13 June 2007, four days after his 70th birthday.[2]

He was a friend of the philosopher K. J. Shah.[3]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • The Availability of Religious Ideas (1976)
  • I Am Thou: Meditations on the Truth of India (1984)
  • Sita's Kitchen: A Testimony of Faith and Inquiry (1992)
  • Svaraj: A Journey with Tyeb Mehta's Shantiniketan Triptych (2003)
  • Muniya's Light: A Narrative of Truth and Myth (2005)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Sita's Kitchen. SUNY Press. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. Ashish Mehta - Indiainteracts.com. "Ramachandra Gandhi: the quintessential argumentative Indian". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  3. Weiss, Daniel H.; Andrejč, Gorazd, eds. (2019). Interpreting Interreligious Relations with Wittgenstein: Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. Brill. pp. 47–8.