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020 _a9780143427438
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_bGAN
100 _aGandhi, M. K.
245 _aM. 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)
260 _aHaryana
_bPenguin random House India Pvt. Ltd.
_c2018
300 _axvii,786p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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