A Letter to a Hindu

"A Letter to a Hindu" by Leo Tolstoy is a thought-provoking letter that explores how people should react to unfair treatment, guided by Tolstoy's strong beliefs about right and wrong. The story centers on the idea that love and peacefulness are the best ways to fight against control and mistreatment, especially in India when it was under British rule. Tolstoy writes about how India can truly become free not by fighting with violence, but by understanding that everyone should love each other. He questions whether outside forces, like the British, are really to blame for India's problems, suggesting that the real issue is that people have allowed themselves to be controlled because they're not aware of their own spiritual strength. According to Tolstoy, when people refuse to fight back with violence and instead show deep love for others, they can free themselves from those who mistreat them; he pushes Indians to leave behind violent ways and to focus on changing their hearts and minds as the path to real independence.