On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 153rd birth anniversary, this book documents stories of unsung heroes who are powering social change by walking in his footsteps. Words the Mahatma lived by—such as ‘India lives in villages and to serve the poor we will have to serve in the villages’ or that ‘truth may get troubled but it never gets defeated’—are their moral compass. They have shown by personal example how adopting Bapu’s ideology as a way of life can be both enriching and socially beneficial.

The people in this book mostly work away from the spotlight. Through entirely Gandhian ways, they have proved that his methods such as satyagraha and non-violence can still help effect real change and progress for the people most in need. Many have won awards and recognition, but their stirring stories have largely remained untold—a gap that Being the Change seeks to fill.