An Hour with the Mahatma’ focussing on the transformative skills of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi for him is the tool to improve life skills and his exploration continues in applying Gandhi’s tools to various walks of life especially conflict resolution and compassion. About the Author Dr.Alok Bajpai is a Psychiatrist trained at NIMHANS, bangalore,presently working at Kanpur after few stints abroad. Apart from practicing general psychiatry, a consistent focus of his work is with children, adolescent and youth, being associated with various Institutes and schools.His work extends beyond the confines of clinic into freelance teaching of mental health issues and life skills. Psychiatry, physics, film, Music, literature, and Teaching are only some of the things that occupy dr.Alok Bajpai’s wide world. He has been instrumental in putting together many awareness campaigns and workshops-especially with schools and has trained teacher-aiming at increasing sensitivity towards childhood problems, in many Indian cities