{"product_id":"no-destination-autobiography-of-a-pilgrim","title":"Satish Kumar: No Destination [2014] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen he was only nine years old, Satish Kumar renounced the world and joined the wandering brotherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from this path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen, he became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India into reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFired by the example of Bertrand Russell, he undertook a peace pilgrimage, walking from India to America without any money, through mountains, deserts, storms and snow. It was an adventure during which he was thrown into jail in France, faced a loaded gun in America, and delivered packets of 'peace tea' to the leaders of the four nuclear powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe settled in England, taking on the editorship of Resurgence magazine, and becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological, spiritual and educational ventures, including Schumacher College.This edition of Satish Kumar's inspirational autobiography commemorates the foundation of Schumacher College, with new chapters about the college and bringing Satish's story up-to-date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Indian tradition, in his fiftieth year he undertook another pilgrimage: again without any money, he walked to the holy places of Britain - Glastonbury, Lindisfarne, and Iona. Written with a penetrating simplicity, \u003cem\u003eNo Destination\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhilarating account of an extraordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumar, Satish","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44390590808354,"sku":"9780857842619","price":22.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/kumar-satish-no-destination-autobiography-of-a-pilgrim-9780857842619-40473917260066.jpg?v=1675277436","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/no-destination-autobiography-of-a-pilgrim","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}