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MARCHING TO FREEDOM Author: Subhadra Sen Gupta Illustrator: Tapas Guha Publisher: Pratham Books, India Age Group: 11-14 years For today's children Gandhi is just a face on our currency note or a picture in a dull history book. But what he stood for is something that I feel all children should value รข€”tolerance and non-violence. - Subhadra Sen Gupta Ample reason to write a book on Mahatma Gandhi for children. And today seems adequate enough to review this book from Pratham Books. The setting is the Sabarmati Ashram in the western state of Gujarat in India, which Gandhi and his followers called home during the Freedom Struggle in India. Dhani is a 9 year old boy being raised in the ashram by his Gandhian parents. Dhani also seems to be responsible for taking care of Binni, the goat, who is his incessant companion and whose milk seems to be a part of Gandhi's morning diet. Dhani is portrayed as a cheery little boy skipping around the ashram premises, inquisitive, eager to ...