Publisher	Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN-13	9789394791398
Binding	Paper back
Number of Pages	501 Pages
Language	English
Dimension (Inches)	5.5"x8.5"
Weight (Grams)	652
Subject	Classic Fiction
Category	Fiction

“The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, is a window to the workings of Mahatma Gandhi’s mind- a window to the emotions of his heart, a window to understanding what drove this seemingly ordinary man to the heights of being the father of a nation- India. Starting with his days as a boy, Gandhi takes one through his trials and turmoils and situations that moulded his philosophy of life- going through child marriage, his studies in England, practicing Law in South Africa- and his Satyagraha there- to the early beginnings of the Independence movement in India. He did not aim to write an autobiography but rather share the experience of his various experiments with truth to arrive at what he perceived as Absolute Truth- the ideal of his struggle against racism, violence and colonialism.

Mahatama Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or the Mahatama, was the leader of the Indian national movement. He fought the colonial regime with his philosophy of Satyagraha and Ahimsa. His birthday, October 2nd, is celebrated as the International Day of Non-violence.

CONTENTS
Birth and Parentage	9
Childhood	12
Child Marriage	14
Playing the Husband	17
At the High School	20
A Tragedy	24
A Tragedy (Contd.)	27
Stealing and Atonement	30
My Father’s Death and My Double Shame	33
Glimpses of Religion	36
Preparation for England	40
Outcaste	44
In London at Last	47
My Choice	50
Playing the English Gentleman	53
Changes	56
Experiments in Dietetics	59
Shyness My Shield	63
The Canker of Untruth	67
Acquaintance with Religions	71
Nirbal Ke Bal Ram	74
Narayan Hemchandra	76
The Great Exhibition	80
‘Called’-But Then?	82
My Helplessness	85
Raychandbhai	88
How I Began Life	91
The First Case	94
The First Shock	97
Preparing for South Africa	100
Arrival in Natal	103
Some Experiences	106
On the Way to Pretoria	110
More Hardships	114
First Day in Pretoria	118
Christian Contacts	122
Seeking Touch with Indians	126
What It is to be a ‘Coolie’	129
Preparation for the Case	132
Religious Ferment	135
Man Proposes, God Disposes	138
Settled in Natal	141
Natal Indian Congress	145
Colour Bar	149
Balasundaram	152
The £ 3 Tax	155
Comparative Study of Religions	158
As a Householder	161
Homeward	164
In India	167
Two Passions	171
The Bombay Meeting	174
Poona And Madras	177
‘Return Soon’	179
Rumblings of the Storm	182
The Storm	185
The Test	188
The Calm after the Storm	192
Education of Children	195
Spirit of Service	198
Brahmacharya - I	201
Brahm Acharya - II	204
Simple Life	208
The Boer War	210
Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief	213
Return to India	215
In India Again	218
Clerk and Bearer	221
In the Congress	223
Lord Curzon’s Darbar	225
A Month with Gokhale - I	227
A Month with Gokhale - II	230
A Month with Gokhale - III	233
In Benares	236
Settled in Bombay	240
Faith on its Trial	243
To South Africa Again	246
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’?	248
Autocrats from Asia	251
Pocketed the Insult	253
Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice	255
Result of Introspection	257
A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism	260
Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment	262
A Warning	265
A Tussle with Power	268
A Sacred Recollection and Penance	271
Intimate European Contacts	274
European Contacts (Contd.)	277
‘Indian Opinion’	280
Coolie Locations or Ghettos?	283
The Black Plague - I	286
The Black Plague - II	288
Location in Flames	291
The Magic Spell of a Book	293
The Phoenix Settlement	296
The First Night	298
Polak Takes the Plunge	300
Whom God Protects	302
A Peep into the Household	305
The Zulu ‘Rebellion’	308
Heart Searchings	311
The Birth of Satyagraha	314
More Experiments in Dietetics	316
Kasturbai’s Courage	318
Domestic Satyagraha	321
Towards Self-Restraint	324
Fasting	326
As Schoolmaster	329
Literary Training	332
Training of the Spirit	334
Tares Among the Wheat	337
Fasting as Penance	339
To Meet Gokhale	341
My Part in the War	343
A Spiritual Dilemma	345
Miniature Satyagraha	348
Gokhale’s Charity	352
Treatment of Pleurisy	354
Homeward	356
Some Reminiscences of the Bar	358
Sharp Practice?	361
Clients Turned Co-Workers	363
How a Client was Saved	365
The First Experience	368
With Gokhale in Poona	370
Was It a Threat?	372
Shantiniketan	375
Woes of Third Class Passengers	378
Wooing	380
Kumbha Mela	382
Lakshman Jhula	386
Founding of the Ashram	390
On the Anvil	392
Abolition of Indentured Emigration	395
The Stain of Indigo	399
The Gentle Bihari	402
Face to Face with Ahimsa	405
Case Withdrawn	408
Methods of Work	411
Companions	414
Penetrating the Villages	417
When a Governor is Good	419
In Touch with Labour	421
A Peep into the Ashram	424
The Fast	426
The Kheda Satyagraha	430

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