Preface by Herbert Allen
A wise man once said, "Give me the writing of a nation's songs and I care not who makes her laws." Songs have played a significant part in shaping the character and destiny of nations.
The past six months, I have had the privilege of traveling at the side of Rajmohan Gandhi as he has enlisted thousands of lndian youths to realistically tackle lndia's problems, starting with a change in their own lives. From dawn to dusk, day after day, we have visited five hundred of the nations schools and colleges.
Some of these songs we wrote in buses en route to the next engagement. Some were written and rehearsed on the backs of army trucks. Others were written by students themselves as the wave of a new spirit swept across the land.
Music is a heart opener. Many who are confused by too much intellectualism often grasp the truth with a song.
I heard the story the other day of one girl who heard the song "Isn't lt Terribly Sad That I'm So Good, and the World is so bad." She loved the song and learned it. Weeks later she woke up to what the song was saying. She changed. Gave her life to God and is' now a leader of her college.
This book has been produced to meet the requests of thousands of students, professors, principals and college heads who want to play their part in building a new India.
The world needs a revolution of character to match the great technological advances of our modern age. It is in this spirit that these songs are to be understood and sung. But these songs are just a sampling of what can and must be done. It is my belief now that many more thousands of songs like these will be written that will reach every man, woman and child in every hut and village, slum and palace of our lands, giving them a chance to take part in building a new earth.
