To Jawaharlal Nehru   November 13, 1945  My dear Jawaharlal,
(1) The real question, according to you, is how to bring about
man's highest intellectual, economic, political and moral
development. I entirely agree.  (2) In this there should be an
equal right and opportunity for all.  (3) In other words, there
should be equality between town dwellers and the villagers in
the standard of food and drink, clothing and other living
conditions. In order to achieve this equality today people
should be able to produce for themselves the necessaries of life
i.e. clothing, food-stuffs, dwelling and lighting and water.
(4) Man is not born to live in isolation but is essentially a
social animal independent and inter-dependent. No one can or
should ride on another's back. If we try to work out the
necessary conditions for such a life, we are forced to the
conclusion that the unity of society should be a village, or
call it a small and manageable group of people who would, in the
ideal, be self-sufficient (in the matter i