A Letter to a Hindu is Leo Tolstoy’s powerful reflection on colonial rule, spiritual strength, and nonviolent resistance. Written in response to Indian revolutionary Tarak Nath Das, Tolstoy argues that true freedom cannot be achieved through violence but through love, moral courage, and rejection of oppression. Drawing upon religious and philosophical ideas, he examines the nature of power and the responsibility of individuals in resisting injustice. The work later became closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s developing philosophy of nonviolence. Brief yet deeply influential, this essay remains an important meditation on political freedom, imperialism, ethics, and peaceful social transformation.