Madan Gopal Gandhi

Dr. Madan G. Gandhi (31 August 1940 – 26 January 2019) was an educationalist, litterateur and poet. They were a visiting fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Early childhood
Gandhi was born on 31 August 1940 in Lahore to Srimati Savitri Devi and Kewal Krishan. After the partition, the family relocated to India, where Madan completed his FSc at S.A. Jain College in 1958 and earned a B.A. with Honors in English Literature from D.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960.

Education
He did his M.A. in English in 1964 from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His second master's degree was in Political Science from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1966 and Ph.D. in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1974.

Works
As an editor, he edited six volumes of the Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai. He brought out the inaugural issue of the journal Earth Vision and, as editor of the South Asia News Letter, published 7 issues featuring the following volumes:


 * 1) Sir Chhotu Ram: A Political Biography
 * 2) Gandhi & Marx
 * 3) Gandhian Aesthetics
 * 4) Modern Political Analysis
 * 5) Modern Political Theory
 * 6) Dialogue Among Civilizations
 * 7) Globalization: A Reader
 * 8) New Media: A Reader
 * 9) Gopal Krishna Gokhle: A Political Biography
 * 10) Creative Writing
 * 11) Kundalini
 * 12) Ashes & Embers
 * 13) Haikus & Quatrains
 * 14) Petals of Flame
 * 15) Luteous Serpent
 * 16) Meandering Maze
 * 17) Freak Stair
 * 18) Ring of Silence
 * 19) Enchanting Flute
 * 20) Shunayata in Trance
 * 21) The Imperiled Earth
 * 22) Ashtavakra Gita
 * 23) Dattatreya Gita
 * 24) Zen Gita
 * 25) Gayatri
 * 26) Guru Nanak's Japuji - The Celestial ladder (2010);
 * 27) Avadhut  Gita (2017);
 * 28) Ewafe (2013);
 * 29) Kundalini Awakening (2013);
 * 30) Pravrajya Peals (2013);
 * 31) Planet in Peril (2014);
 * 32) Heavenly Hymns (2014);
 * 33) Intercontinental Anthology of Poetry on Universal Peace (2014);
 * 34) Burnished Beads (2015);
 * 35) Dervishes' Dance (2016);
 * 36) Bonsai Blossom (2016);
 * 37) Arspoetica (2017);
 * 38) Umbilical Chords : Anthology of Parents (2015);
 * 39) Mandela Tributes (2014);
 * 40) Jora Sanko (2014)

Works translated into other languages
The poetry of Madan G Gandhi was translated into several languages including Persian by Khadijeh Khavari, Najmeh Khavari with the title The Best Works of Madan G Gandhi, in Italian by Maria Miraglia, Tamil by Padmaja Narayanan as Petals of Flame, and Hindi by Jai Krishan Shukla Swar Se Saadh Anant.

Awards
Gandhi received a number of awards in his lifetime.