| Description |
xxix, 528 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Cover title: Gandhi, an autobiography. |
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Includes index. |
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Originally published: 1957. |
| Contents |
Part I. Birth and parentage -- Childhood -- Child marriage -- Playing the husband -- At the high school -- A tragedy -- Stealing and atonement -- My father's death and my double shame -- Glimpses of religion -- Preparation for England -- Outcaste -- In London at last -- My choice -- Playing the English gentleman -- Changes -- Experiments in dietetics -- Shyness my shield -- The canker of untruth -- Acquaintance with religions -- Narayan Hemchandra -- The great exhibition -- 'Called'—But Then? -- My helplessness Part II -- Raychandbhai -- How I began life -- The first case -- The first shock -- Preparing for South Africa -- Arrival in Natal -- Some experiences -- On the way to Pretoria -- More hardships -- First day in Pretoria -- Christian contacts -- Seeking touch with Indians -- What it is to be a 'coolie' -- Preparation for the case -- Religious ferment -- Man proposes, God disposes -- Settled in Natal -- Colour bar -- Natal Indian congress -- Balasundaram -- The [pound] 3 tax -- Comparative study of religions -- As a householder -- Homeward -- In India -- Two passions -- The Bombay meeting -- Poona and Madras -- 'Return soon' Part III. Rumblings of the storm -- The storm -- The test -- The calm after the storm -- Education of children -- Spirit of service -- Brahmacharya—I -- Brahmacharya—II -- Simple life -- The Boer war -- Sanitary reform and famine relief -- Return to India -- t In India again -- Clerk and bearer -- In the congress -- Lord Curzon's darbar -- A month with Gokhale—I -- t A month with Gokhale—II -- A month with Gokhale—III 236 -- In Benares -- Settled in Bombay? -- t Faith on its trial -- To South Africa again -- Part IV. 'Love's labour's lost'? -- Autocrats from Asia -- Pocketed the insult -- Quickened spirit of sacrifice -- Result of introspection -- A sacrifice to vegetarianism -- Experiments in earth and water treatment -- A warning -- A tussle with power -- A sacred recollection and penance -- Intimate European contacts -- European contacts (continued) -- 'Indian opinion' -- Coolie locations or ghettoes? -- The Black Plague—I -- The Black Plague—II -- Location in flames -- The magic spell of a book -- The Phoenix settlement -- The first night -- Polak takes the plunge -- Whom God protects -- A peep into the household -- The Zulu 'rebellion' -- Heart searchings -- The birth of Satyagraha -- More experiments in Dietetics -- Kasturbai's courage -- Domestic Satyagraha -- Towards self-restraint -- Fasting -- As schoolmaster -- Literary training -- Training of the spirit -- Tares among the wheat -- Fasting as penance -- To meet Gokhale -- My part in the war -- A spiritual dilemma -- Miniature Satyagraha -- Gokhale's charity -- Treatment of pleurisy -- Homeward -- Some reminiscences of the bar -- Sharp practice? -- Clients turned co-workers -- t How a client was saved -- Part V. The first experience -- With Gokhale in Poona -- Was it a threat? -- Shantiniketan -- Woes of third class passengers -- Wooing -- Kumbha mela -- Lakshman Jhula -- Founding of the Ashram -- On the anvil -- Abolition of indentured emigration -- The stain of indigo -- The gentle Bihari -- Face to face with Ahimsa -- Case withdrawn -- Methods of work -- Companions -- Penetrating the villages -- When a governor is good -- In touch with labour -- A peep into the Ashram -- The fast -- The Kheda Satyagraha -- 'The onion thief' -- End of Kheda Satyagraha -- Passion for unity -- Recruiting campaign -- Near death's door -- The rowlatt bills and my dilemma -- That wonderful spectacle! -- That memorable week!—I -- That memorable week!—II -- 'A Himalayan miscalculation' -- t 'Navajivan' and 'young India' -- In the Punjab -- The Khilafat against cow protection? -- The Aritsar congress -- Congress initiation -- The birth of Khadi -- Found at last! -- An instructive dialogue -- Its rising tide -- At Nagpur -- Farewell. |
| Summary |
Portrays the life of Gandhi, describes the development of his nonviolent political protest movement, and discusses his religious beliefs. |
| Audience |
1010 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.3 31.0 74500. |
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Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.3 31 74500. |
| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
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Statesmen -- India -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Desai, Mahadev H. (Mahadev Haribhai), 1892-1942.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
Satyanā prayogo, athavā, Ātmakathā.
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| Other Title |
Gandhi : An autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth |
| Cover Title |
Gandhi, an autobiography = Satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā. English |
| Added Title |
Satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā.
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| ISBN |
9780807059098 (paperback) |
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0807059099 (paperback) |
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