An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truth

by Gandhi, Mahatma; Desai, Mahadev

Edition: Reprint

ISBN13: 9780934676687

ISBN10: 0934676682

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Pub. Date: 1995-11-01

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Translated by Mahadev Desai and with a New PrefaceThe only authorized American editionMohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century. In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of tesing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances," in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities. All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.

Foreword	p. xi
Translator's Preface	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxiii

Birth and Parentage	p. 3
Childhood	p. 6
Child Marriage	p. 8
Playing the Husband	p. 11
At the High School	p. 14
A Tragedy	p. 19
A Tragedy (Contd.)	p. 22
Stealing and Atonement	p. 25
My Father's Death and My Double Shame	p. 28
Glimpses of Religion	p. 31
Preparation for England	p. 35
Outcaste	p. 39
In London at Last	p. 42
My Choice	p. 45
Playing the English Gentleman	p. 48
Changes	p. 52
Experiments in Dietetics	p. 55
Shyness My Shield	p. 59
The Canker of Untruth	p. 63
Acquaintance with Religions	p. 67
Narayan Hemchandra	p. 72
The Great Exhibition	p. 76
'Called'--But Then?	p. 78
My Helplessness	p. 81

Raychandbhai	p. 87
How I Began Life	p. 90
The First Case	p. 93
The First Shock	p. 96
Preparing for South Africa	p. 100
Arrival in Natal	p. 102
Some Experiences	p. 105
On the Way to Pretoria	p. 109
More Hardships	p. 113
First Day in Pretoria	p. 118
Christian Contacts	p. 122
Seeking Touch with Indians	p. 125
What It Is to Be A 'Coolie'	p. 128
Preparation for the Case	p. 131
Religious Ferment	p. 135
Man Proposes, God Disposes	p. 138
Settled in Natal	p. 141
Colour Bar	p. 145
Natal Indian Congress	p. 148
Balasundaram	p. 153
The [pound] 3 Tax	p. 155
Comparative Study of Religions	p. 158
As a Householder	p. 162
Homeward	p. 165
In India	p. 168
Two Passions	p. 172
The Bombay Meeting	p. 175
Poona and Madras	p. 178
'Return Soon'	p. 180

Rumblings of the Storm	p. 185
The Storm	p. 188
The Test	p. 191
The Calm After the Storm	p. 196
Education of Children	p. 199
Spirit of Service	p. 202
Brahmacharya--I	p. 204
Brahmacharya--II	p. 208
Simple Life	p. 212
The Boer War	p. 214
Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief	p. 217
Return to India	p. 219
In India Again	p. 222
Clerk and Bearer	p. 225
In the Congress	p. 227
Lord Curzon's Darbar	p. 229
A Month with Gokhale--I	p. 231
A Month with Gokhale--II	p. 233
A Month with Gokhale--III	p. 236
In Benares	p. 239
Settled in Bombay?	p. 243
Faith on Its Trial	p. 246
To South Africa Again	p. 249

'Love's Labour's Lost'?	p. 255
Autocrats from Asia	p. 257
Pocketed the Insult	p. 259
Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice	p. 262
Result of Introspection	p. 264
A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism	p. 267
Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment	p. 269
A Warning	p. 271
A Tussle with Power	p. 274
A Sacred Recollection and Penance	p. 276
Intimate European Contacts	p. 279
European Contacts (Contd.)	p. 282
'Indian Opinion'	p. 285
Coolie Locations or Ghettoes?	p. 287
The Black Plague--I	p. 290
The Black Plague--II	p. 292
Location in Flames	p. 295
The Magic Spell of a Book	p. 297
The Phoenix Settlement	p. 300
The First Night	p. 302
Polak Takes the Plunge	p. 304
Whom God Protects	p. 306
A Peep into the Household	p. 310
The Zulu 'Rebellion'	p. 313
Heart Searchings	p. 315
The Birth of Satyagraha	p. 318
More Experiments in Dietetics	p. 320
Kasturbai's Courage	p. 322
Domestic Satyagraha	p. 325
Towards Self-Restraint	p. 328
Fasting	p. 330
As Schoolmaster	p. 333
Literary Training	p. 335
Training of the Spirit	p. 338
Tares Among the Wheat	p. 340
Fasting as Penance	p. 342
To Meet Gokhale	p. 344
My Part in the War	p. 346
A Spiritual Dilemma	p. 348
Miniature Satyagraha	p. 351
Gokhale's Charity	p. 355
Treatment of Pleurisy	p. 357
Homeward	p. 359
Some Reminiscences of the Bar	p. 361
Sharp Practice?	p. 363
Clients Turned Co-Workers	p. 365
How a Client Was Saved	p. 367

The First Experience	p. 373
With Gokhale in Poona	p. 375
Was it a Threat?	p. 377
Shantiniketan	p. 380
Woes of Third Class Passengers	p. 383
Wooing	p. 385
Kumbha Mela	p. 387
Lakshman Jhula	p. 391
Founding of the Ashram	p. 395
On the Anvil	p. 397
Abolition of Indentured Emigration	p. 400
The Stain of Indigo	p. 404
The Gentle Bihari	p. 406
Face to Face with Ahimsa	p. 409
Case Withdrawn	p. 413
Methods of Work	p. 416
Companions	p. 419
Penetrating the Villages	p. 422
When a Governor is Good	p. 424
In Touch with Labour	p. 426
A Peep into the Ashram	p. 428
The Fast	p. 430
The Kheda Satyagraha	p. 434
'The Onion Thief'	p. 436
End of Kheda Satyagraha	p. 439
Passion for Unity	p. 441
Recruiting Campaign	p. 444
Near Death's Door	p. 450
The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma	p. 454
That Wonderful Spectacle!	p. 457
That Memorable Week!--I	p. 460
That Memorable Week!--II	p. 466
'A Himalayan Miscalculation'	p. 469
'Navajivan' and 'Young India'	p. 471
In the Punjab	p. 475
The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?	p. 478
The Amritsar Congress	p. 482
Congress Initiation	p. 486
The Birth of Khadi	p. 489
Found at Last!	p. 491
An Instructive Dialogue	p. 494
Its Rising Tide	p. 497
At Nagpur	p. 500
Farewell	p. 503
Index	p. 506
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