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Title

An autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth / Mohandas K. Gandhi ; translated from the original in Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ; with a foreword by Sissela Bok.

Author

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

Publication

Boston : Beacon Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors

Desai, Mahadev H. (Mahadev Haribhai), 1892-1942

Description

xxix, 528 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

Portrays the life of Gandhi, describes the development of his nonviolent political protest movement, and discusses his religious beliefs.

Uniform Title

Satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā. English

Alternative Title

• Satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā.
• Gandhi, an autobiography

Subjects

• Biographies
• Autobiographies
• Statesmen > India > Biography
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Autobiographies

Note

• Includes index.
• Originally published: 1957.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

ISBN

0807059099

LCCN

^^^93019758^

OCLC

• 28067049
• SCSB-10830573

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library