M. K. Gandhi : an autobiography or the story of my experiments with truth. Tr. from the original in Gujarati by Mahadev Desai (Introduced with notes by Tridip Suhrud)
Publication details: Haryana Penguin random House India Pvt. Ltd. 2018Description: xvii,786pISBN:- 9780143427438
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CONTENTS
Foreword xiii
A Note on the Annotations xvii
Editor's Introduction 1
An Autobiography 37
Translator's Preface (first edition) 39
Translator's Preface (second edition) 41
Introduction 43
PART I
I Birth and Parentage 53
II.Childhood 58
III.Child Marriage 61
IV.Playing the Husband 65
vAt the High School 69
VlA Tragedy 75
VIIA Tragedy (Contd.) 80
VIIIStealing and Atonement 85
IXMy Father's Death and My Double Shame 89
XGlimpses of Religion 93
XIPreparation for England 99
XII.Outcaste 105
XIII.In London at Last 108
XIV.My Choice 114
XV.Playing the English Gentleman 119
XVI.Changes 124
XVII.Experiments in Dietetics 129
XVIII.Shyness My Shield 135
XIX.The Canker ofUntruth 140
XXAcquaintance with Religions
XXII.Narayan Hemchandra 154
XXIII.The Great Exhibition 160
XXIV.'Called'-but Then? 163
XXV.My Helplessness 167
PART II
I.Raychandbhai 175
II.How I Began Life 180
III .The First Case 184
IV.The First Shock 188
v.Preparing for South Africa 192
VI.Arrival in Natal 195
VII.Some Experiences 199
VIII On the Way to Pretoria 205
IX.More Hardships 211
X.First Day in Pretoria 216
XIChristian Contacts 221
XII.Seeking Touch with Indians 226
XIIIWhat It Is to be a 'Coolie' 229
XIV Preparation for the Case 234
XV Religious Ferment 239
XVIMan Proposes, God Disposes 244
XVII Settled in Natal 247
XVIII Colour Bar 254
XIXNatal Indian Congress 259
XX Balasundaram 264
XXIThe £3 Tax 267
XXII Comparative Study ofReligicins 272
XXIII As a Householder 277
XXIV Homeward 281
XXV In India 285 '
XXVI Two Passions 290
XXVII The B mbay Meeting 295
XXVIII. Poona and Madras 299
XXIX. 'Return Soon' 303
PART III
I Rumblings of the Storm 311
II The Storm 314
III The Test 320
IV The Calm after the Storm 327
v Education of Children 331
VI Spirit of Service 335
VII Brahmacharya-I 339
VIII Brahmacharya-II 344
IX Simple Life 349
X The Boer War 352
XI Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief 356
XII Return to India 358
XIII In India Again 363
XIV Clerk and Bearer 367
XV In the Congress 370
XVI Lord Curzon's Durbar 372
XVII A Month with Gokhale-1 375
XVIII A Month with Gokhale-II 379
XIX A Month with Gokhale-III 382
XX In Benares 387
XXI Settled in Bombay 393
XXII Faith on its Trial 396
XXIII To South Africa Again 400
PART IV
I Love's Labour's Lost'?407
II Autocrats from Asia 410
III Pocketed the Insult . 413
IV Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice 417
V Result of Introspection 420
VI A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism 424
VII Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment 427
VIII A Warning 430
IX A Tussle with Power 434
X A Sacred Recollection and Penance 437
XI Intimate European Contacts 440
XII European Contacts (Contd.) 444
XIII 'Indian Opinion' 448
XIV Coolie Locations or Ghettoes? 452
XV The Black Plague-1 457
XVI The Black Plague-II 460
XVII Location in Flames 465
XVIII The Magic Spell of a Book 467
XIX The Phoenix Settlement 471
XX The First Night 475
XXI Polak Takes the Plunge 477
XXII Whom God Protects 481
XXIII A Peep into the Household 486
XXIV The Zulu 'Rebellion'
xxv Heart Searchings
XXVI The Birth of Satyagraha
XXVII More Experiments in Dietetics 501
XXVIII Kasturbai's Courage
XXIX Domestic Satyagraha
Towards Self-restraint 513
XXXI Fasting
XXXII As Schoolmaster 520
XXXIII Literary Training 524
XXXIV Training of the Spirit 526
XXXV Tares among the Wheat 532
XXXVI Fasting as Penance 535
XXXVII To Meet Gokhale 538
XXXVIll My Part in the War 542
XXXIX A Spiritual Dilemma
XL Miniature Satyagraha
XLI Gokhale's Charity
XLII Treatment ofPleurisy
XLIII Homeward
XLIV Some Reminiscences of the Bar
XLV Sharp Practice?
XLVI Clients Turned Co-Workers XLVII How a Client Was Saved
PART V
I The First Experience 575
II With Gokhale in Poona 579
III Was It a Threat? 582
IV Shantiniketan 586
V Woes of Third-Class Passengers 591
VI Wooing 594
VII KumbhaMela 596
VIII Lakshman Jhuh 602
IX Founding of the Ashram 607
X On the Anvil 610
XI Abolition of Indentured Emigration 616
XII The Stain of Indigo 622
XIII The Gentle Bihari 626
XIV Face to Face with Ahimsa 631
XV Case Withdrawn 637
XVI Methods ofWork 641
XVII Companions 645
XVIII Penetrating the Villages 650
XIX When a Governor Is Good 652
XX In Touch with Labour 656
XXI A Peep into the Ashram 660
XXII The Fast 663
XXIII The Kheda Satyagraha 670
XXIV 'The Onion Thief 674
XXV End of Kheda Satyagraha 677
XXVI Passion for Unity 679
XXVII Recruiting Campaign 684
XXVIII Near Death's Door 692
XXIX The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma 698
XXX That Wonderful Spectacle! 703
XXXI That Memorable Week!-1 707
XXXII That Memorable Week!-11 715
XXXIII 'A Himalayan Miscalculation' 719
XXXIV 'Navajivan' and 'Young India' 722
XXXV In the Punjab 726
XXXVI The Khilafat Against Cow-Protection? 732
XXXVII The Amritsar Congress 739
XXXVIII Congress Initiation 744
XXXIX The Birth of Khadi 747
XL Found at Last! 751
XLI An Instructive Dialogue 755
XLII Its Rising Tide 758
XLIII At Nagpur 763
FAREWELL 767
Editor's Acknowledgements 771
Index 773
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