An autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth
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xxix, 528 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c1993.
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General Note: | Cover title: Gandhi, an autobiography. Includes index. Originally published: 1957. |
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An Autobiography : The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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An Autobiography : The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
---|---|---|
Foreword Sissela Bok | p. xi | |
Translator's Preface Mahadev Desai | p. xix | |
Introduction | p. xxiii | |
Part I | ||
Chapter I | Birth and Parentage | p. 3 |
Chapter II | Childhood | p. 6 |
Chapter III | Child Marriage | p. 8 |
Chapter IV | Playing the Husband | p. 11 |
Chapter V | At the High School | p. 14 |
Chapter VI | A Tragedy | p. 19 |
Chapter VII | A Tragedy (Contd.) | p. 22 |
Chapter VIII | Stealing and Atonement | p. 25 |
Chapter IX | My Father's Death and My Double Shame | p. 28 |
Chapter X | Glimpses of Religion | p. 31 |
Chapter XI | Preparation for England | p. 35 |
Chapter XII | Outcaste | p. 39 |
Chapter XIII | In London at Last | p. 42 |
Chapter XIV | My Choice | p. 45 |
Chapter XV | Playing the English Gentleman | p. 48 |
Chapter XVI | Changes | p. 52 |
Chapter XVII | Experiments in Dietetics | p. 55 |
Chapter XVIII | Shyness My Shield | p. 59 |
Chapter XIX | The Canker of Untruth | p. 63 |
Chapter XX | Acquaintance with Religions | p. 67 |
Chapter XXII | Narayan Hemchandra | p. 72 |
Chapter XXIII | The Great Exhibition | p. 76 |
Chapter XXIV | 'Called'--But Then? | p. 78 |
Chapter XXV | My Helplessness | p. 81 |
Part II | ||
Chapter I | Raychandbhai | p. 87 |
Chapter II | How I Began Life | p. 90 |
Chapter III | The First Case | p. 93 |
Chapter IV | The First Shock | p. 96 |
Chapter V | Preparing for South Africa | p. 100 |
Chapter VI | Arrival in Natal | p. 102 |
Chapter VII | Some Experiences | p. 105 |
Chapter VIII | On the Way to Pretoria | p. 109 |
Chapter IX | More Hardships | p. 113 |
Chapter X | First Day in Pretoria | p. 118 |
Chapter XI | Christian Contacts | p. 122 |
Chapter XII | Seeking Touch with Indians | p. 125 |
Chapter XIII | What It Is to Be A 'Coolie' | p. 128 |
Chapter XIV | Preparation for the Case | p. 131 |
Chapter XV | Religious Ferment | p. 135 |
Chapter XVI | Man Proposes, God Disposes | p. 138 |
Chapter XVII | Settled in Natal | p. 141 |
Chapter XVIII | Colour Bar | p. 145 |
Chapter XIX | Natal Indian Congress | p. 148 |
Chapter XX | Balasundaram | p. 153 |
Chapter XXI | The [pound] 3 Tax | p. 155 |
Chapter XXII | Comparative Study of Religions | p. 158 |
Chapter XXIII | As a Householder | p. 162 |
Chapter XXIV | Homeward | p. 165 |
Chapter XXV | In India | p. 168 |
Chapter XXVI | Two Passions | p. 172 |
Chapter XXVII | The Bombay Meeting | p. 175 |
Chapter XXVIII | Poona and Madras | p. 178 |
Chapter XXIX | 'Return Soon' | p. 180 |
Part III | ||
Chapter I | Rumblings of the Storm | p. 185 |
Chapter II | The Storm | p. 188 |
Chapter III | The Test | p. 191 |
Chapter IV | The Calm After the Storm | p. 196 |
Chapter V | Education of Children | p. 199 |
Chapter VI | Spirit of Service | p. 202 |
Chapter VII | Brahmacharya--I | p. 204 |
Chapter VIII | Brahmacharya--II | p. 208 |
Chapter IX | Simple Life | p. 212 |
Chapter X | The Boer War | p. 214 |
Chapter XI | Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief | p. 217 |
Chapter XII | Return to India | p. 219 |
Chapter XIII | In India Again | p. 222 |
Chapter XIV | Clerk and Bearer | p. 225 |
Chapter XV | In the Congress | p. 227 |
Chapter XVI | Lord Curzon's Darbar | p. 229 |
Chapter XVII | A Month with Gokhale--I | p. 231 |
Chapter XVIII | A Month with Gokhale--II | p. 233 |
Chapter XIX | A Month with Gokhale--III | p. 236 |
Chapter XX | In Benares | p. 239 |
Chapter XXI | Settled in Bombay? | p. 243 |
Chapter XXII | Faith on Its Trial | p. 246 |
Chapter XXIII | To South Africa Again | p. 249 |
Part IV | ||
Chapter I | 'Love's Labour's Lost'? | p. 255 |
Chapter II | Autocrats from Asia | p. 257 |
Chapter III | Pocketed the Insult | p. 259 |
Chapter IV | Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice | p. 262 |
Chapter V | Result of Introspection | p. 264 |
Chapter VI | A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism | p. 267 |
Chapter VII | Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment | p. 269 |
Chapter VIII | A Warning | p. 271 |
Chapter IX | A Tussle with Power | p. 274 |
Chapter X | A Sacred Recollection and Penance | p. 276 |
Chapter XI | Intimate European Contacts | p. 279 |
Chapter XII | European Contacts (Contd.) | p. 282 |
Chapter XIII | 'Indian Opinion' | p. 285 |
Chapter XIV | Coolie Locations or Ghettoes? | p. 287 |
Chapter XV | The Black Plague--I | p. 290 |
Chapter XVI | The Black Plague--II | p. 292 |
Chapter XVII | Location in Flames | p. 295 |
Chapter XVIII | The Magic Spell of a Book | p. 297 |
Chapter XIX | The Phoenix Settlement | p. 300 |
Chapter XX | The First Night | p. 302 |
Chapter XXI | Polak Takes the Plunge | p. 304 |
Chapter XXII | Whom God Protects | p. 306 |
Chapter XXIII | A Peep into the Household | p. 310 |
Chapter XXIV | The Zulu 'Rebellion' | p. 313 |
Chapter XXV | Heart Searchings | p. 315 |
Chapter XXVI | The Birth of Satyagraha | p. 318 |
Chapter XXVII | More Experiments in Dietetics | p. 320 |
Chapter XXVIII | Kasturbai's Courage | p. 322 |
Chapter XXIX | Domestic Satyagraha | p. 325 |
Chapter XXX | Towards Self-Restraint | p. 328 |
Chapter XXXI | Fasting | p. 330 |
Chapter XXXII | As Schoolmaster | p. 333 |
Chapter XXXIII | Literary Training | p. 335 |
Chapter XXXIV | Training of the Spirit | p. 338 |
Chapter XXXV | Tares Among the Wheat | p. 340 |
Chapter XXXVI | Fasting as Penance | p. 342 |
Chapter XXXVII | To Meet Gokhale | p. 344 |
Chapter XXXVIII | My Part in the War | p. 346 |
Chapter XXXIX | A Spiritual Dilemma | p. 348 |
Chapter XL | Miniature Satyagraha | p. 351 |
Chapter XLI | Gokhale's Charity | p. 355 |
Chapter XLII | Treatment of Pleurisy | p. 357 |
Chapter XLIII | Homeward | p. 359 |
Chapter XLIV | Some Reminiscences of the Bar | p. 361 |
Chapter XLV | Sharp Practice? | p. 363 |
Chapter XLVI | Clients Turned Co-Workers | p. 365 |
Chapter XLVII | How a Client Was Saved | p. 367 |
Part V | ||
Chapter I | The First Experience | p. 373 |
Chapter II | With Gokhale in Poona | p. 375 |
Chapter III | Was it a Threat? | p. 377 |
Chapter IV | Shantiniketan | p. 380 |
Chapter V | Woes of Third Class Passengers | p. 383 |
Chapter VI | Wooing | p. 385 |
Chapter VII | Kumbha Mela | p. 387 |
Chapter VIII | Lakshman Jhula | p. 391 |
Chapter IX | Founding of the Ashram | p. 395 |
Chapter X | On the Anvil | p. 397 |
Chapter XI | Abolition of Indentured Emigration | p. 400 |
Chapter XII | The Stain of Indigo | p. 404 |
Chapter XIII | The Gentle Bihari | p. 406 |
Chapter XIV | Face to Face with Ahimsa | p. 409 |
Chapter XV | Case Withdrawn | p. 413 |
Chapter XVI | Methods of Work | p. 416 |
Chapter XVII | Companions | p. 419 |
Chapter XVIII | Penetrating the Villages | p. 422 |
Chapter XIX | When a Governor is Good | p. 424 |
Chapter XX | In Touch with Labour | p. 426 |
Chapter XXI | A Peep into the Ashram | p. 428 |
Chapter XXII | The Fast | p. 430 |
Chapter XXIII | The Kheda Satyagraha | p. 434 |
Chapter XXIV | 'The Onion Thief' | p. 436 |
Chapter XXV | End of Kheda Satyagraha | p. 439 |
Chapter XXVI | Passion for Unity | p. 441 |
Chapter XXVII | Recruiting Campaign | p. 444 |
Chapter XXVIII | Near Death's Door | p. 450 |
Chapter XXIX | The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma | p. 454 |
Chapter XXX | That Wonderful Spectacle! | p. 457 |
Chapter XXXI | That Memorable Week!--I | p. 460 |
Chapter XXXII | That Memorable Week!--II | p. 466 |
Chapter XXXIII | 'A Himalayan Miscalculation' | p. 469 |
Chapter XXXIV | 'Navajivan' and 'Young India' | p. 471 |
Chapter XXXV | In the Punjab | p. 475 |
Chapter XXXVI | The Khilafat Against Cow Protection? | p. 478 |
Chapter XXXVII | The Amritsar Congress | p. 482 |
Chapter XXXVIII | Congress Initiation | p. 486 |
Chapter XXXIX | The Birth of Khadi | p. 489 |
Chapter XL | Found at Last! | p. 491 |
Chapter XLI | An Instructive Dialogue | p. 494 |
Chapter XLII | Its Rising Tide | p. 497 |
Chapter XLIII | At Nagpur | p. 500 |
Farewell | p. 503 | |
Index | p. 506 |