Jonathan Gullible in Telugu
One of the World’s Most Translated Books on Liberty Is Now in Telugu
For the first time, Telugu readers can experience The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible in their own language through Swatantrata Center. This new edition brings a globally known story about liberty, responsibility, and human flourishing to one of the world’s largest languages.
Read the Telugu Edition
Why this matters
Ideas travel farther when they are available in the languages people speak at home, in classrooms, and in everyday life. By bringing The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible into Telugu, Swatantrata Center is helping make the conversation about freedom more accessible to readers, students, and educators across India and the global Telugu-speaking community.
Telugu is one of the major languages of India, and reports have also described it as one of the fastest-growing languages in the United States. That makes this translation more than a literary milestone; it is an opportunity to connect a major language community with a story that has introduced generations of readers to the ideas of liberty.
About the book
The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible is a story about a young traveler who finds himself in a society where many everyday rules defy common sense. As he encounters one strange custom after another, readers are invited to think about freedom, individual responsibility, innovation, economics, and the institutions that shape human flourishing.
What makes the book especially powerful is that it teaches through story rather than lecture. Instead of offering abstract theory alone, it encourages readers to reflect on how societies work and why liberty matters in ordinary life
About the Telugu edition
This Telugu edition represents an effort to make enduring ideas about liberty available in a language spoken by millions. Rather than presenting the project simply as the book’s next translation, this edition should be understood as opening access to one of the world’s most widely translated liberty-themed books for a vast and growing language community.
Swatantrata Center’s work is rooted in advancing a society shaped by openness, voluntary cooperation, pluralism, and human flourishing. Publishing this Telugu edition fits naturally within that mission by making important ideas available in forms that are more local, more relatable, and more usable for readers and discussion groups.
Why this matters
Ideas travel farther when they are available in the languages people speak at home, in classrooms, and in everyday life. By bringing The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible into Telugu, Swatantrata Center is helping make the conversation about freedom more accessible to readers, students, and educators across India and the global Telugu-speaking community.
Telugu is one of the major languages of India, and reports have also described it as one of the fastest-growing languages in the United States. That makes this translation more than a literary milestone; it is an opportunity to connect a major language community with a story that has introduced generations of readers to the ideas of liberty.
Ken Schoolland
Vice President, International Relations
Ken Schoolland is an economist, author, and educator whose work has advanced the ideas of liberty, entrepreneurship, and free markets for more than four decades. He serves as Vice President of International Relations at Liberty International and is an active member of the Mont Pelerin Society, contributing to the global exchange of ideas that promote individual freedom and human flourishing.
He is best known as the author of The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey, an allegorical novel that introduces readers to the principles of a free society through engaging storytelling. The book has been translated into 61 languages, making it one of the world’s most widely translated books on liberty. It has reached readers across the globe and has also inspired stage adaptations in several countries.
Before his work with Liberty International, Schoolland served as Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Hawaii Pacific University. Throughout his academic career, he encouraged students to explore the connections between economic freedom, innovation, and personal responsibility.
Through his writing, teaching, and international outreach, Ken Schoolland has helped make complex economic ideas accessible to diverse audiences. His lifelong commitment to education and the promotion of liberty continues to inspire students, educators, entrepreneurs, and advocates worldwide, strengthening the global movement for free societies built on voluntary cooperation, opportunity, and individual dignity.
Raghavendar Askani
Co-Founder & Director of Programs, Swatantrata Center
Raghavendar Askani is a social entrepreneur and civic education leader dedicated to advancing the ideas of liberty, open inquiry, and democratic participation in India. As Co-Founder and Director of Programs at Swatantrata Center, he leads initiatives that promote public policy education, youth leadership, and civil society engagement. He also serves as President of the Youth Parliament Program, where he works to equip young people with the knowledge and skills needed for informed civic participation.
Raghavendar began his public leadership as National Coordinator of Youth for Better India, contributing to one of India’s largest student-led anti-corruption movements in 2011. During his studies in Italy, he engaged with international liberal organizations, including European Liberal Youth, and volunteered in campaigns for Più Europa and the Italian Radicals during the 2018 general elections. These experiences strengthened his commitment to individual liberty and democratic values.
He has also contributed to the growth of Students for Liberty in South India, helping expand its educational initiatives and student networks. His work in civic engagement and policy education has been recognized with the REX Karmaveer Chakra Award and the e-REX Global Youth Fellowship.
Raghavendar is a regular public policy commentator and translator. His Telugu translation of The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible—following his earlier translation of Leonard E. Read’s I, Pencil—reflects his commitment to making the ideas of liberty accessible to Telugu-speaking audiences.
