An autobiography or The story of my experiments with truth

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Foreword A Note on the Annotations Editor’s Introduction An Autobiography Translator’s Preface (first edition) Translator’s Preface (second edition) Introduction PART I I. Birth and Parentage II. Childhood III. Child Marriage IV. Playing the Husband V. At the High school VI. A tragedy VII. A tragedy (Contd.) VIII. Stealing and Atonement IX. My Father’s Death and My Double shame X. Glimpses of Religion XI. Preparation for England XII. Outcaste XIII. In London at Last XIV. My Choice XV. Playing the english Gentleman XVI. Changes XVII. Experiments in Dietetics XVIII. Shyness My Shield XIX. The Canker of Untruth XX. Acquaintance with Religions XXI. (Omitted) XXII. Narayan Hemchandra XXIII. The Great Exhibition XXIV. ‘Called’—but then? XXV. My Helplessness PART II I. Raychandbhai II. How I Began Life III. The First Case IV. The First shock V. Preparing for South Africa VI. Arrival in Natal VII. Some Experiences VIII. On the Way to Pretoria IX. More Hardships X. First Day in Pretoria XI. Christian Contacts XII. Seeking Touch with Indians XIII. What It Is to be a ‘Coolie’ XIV. Preparation for the Case XV. Religious Ferment XVI. Man Proposes, God Disposes XVII. Settled in Natal XVIII. Colour Bar XIX. Natal Indian Congress XX. Balasundaram XXI. The £3 Tax XXII. Comparative study of Religions XXIII. As a Householder XXIV. Homeward XXV. In India XXVI. Two Passions XXVII. The Bombay Meeting XXVIII. Poona and Madras XXIX. ‘Return soon’ PART III I. Rumblings of the Storm II. The Storm III. The Test IV. The Calm after the Storm V. Education of Children VI. Spirit of Service VII. Brahmacharya–I VIII. Brahmacharya–II IX. Simple Life X. The Boer War XI. Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief XII. Return to India XIII. In India Again XIV. Clerk and Bearer XV. In the Congress XVI. Lord Curzon’s Durbar XVII. A Month with Gokhale–I XVIII. A Month with Gokhale–II XIX. A Month with Gokhale–III XX. In Benares XXI. Settled in Bombay XXII. Faith on its Trial XXIII. To South Africa Again PART IV I. ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’? II. Autocrats from Asia III. Pocketed the Insult IV. Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice V. Result of Introspection VI. A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism VII. Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment VIII. A Warning IX. A Tussle with Power X. A Sacred Recollection and Penance XI. Intimate European Contacts XII. European Contacts (Contd.) XIII. ‘Indian Opinion’ XIV. Coolie Locations or Ghettoes? XV. The Black Plague–I XVI. The Black Plague–II XVII. Location in Flames XVIII. The Magic Spell of a Book XIX. The Phoenix Settlement XX. The First Night XXI. Polak Takes the Plunge XXII. Whom God Protects XXIII. A Peep into the Household XXIV. The Zulu ‘Rebellion’ XXV. Heart searchings XXVI. The Birth of Satyagraha XXVII. More Experiments in Dietetics XXVIII. Kasturbai’s Courage XXIX. Domestic Satyagraha XXX. Towards Self-restraint XXXI. Fasting XXXII. As Schoolmaster XXXIII. Literary Training XXXIV. Training of the Spirit XXXV. Tares Among the Wheat XXXVI. Fasting as Penance XXXVII. To Meet Gokhale XXXVIII. My Part in the War XXXIX. A Spiritual Dilemma XL. Miniature Satyagraha XLI. Gokhale’s Charity XLII. Treatment of Pleurisy XLIII. Homeward XLIV. Some Reminiscences of the Bar XLV. Sharp Practice? XLVI. Clients Turned Co-Workers XLVII. How a Client Was Saved PART V I. The First Experience II. With Gokhale in Poona III. Was It a Threat? IV. Shantiniketan V. Woes of Third-Class Passengers VI. Wooing VII. Kumbha Mela VIII. Lakshman Jhula IX. Founding of the Ashram X. On the Anvil XI. Abolition of Indentured Emigration XII. The Stain of Indigo XIII. The Gentle Bihari XIV. Face to Face with Ahimsa XV. Case Withdrawn XVI. Methods of Work XVII. Companions XVIII. Penetrating the Villages XIX. When a Governor Is Good XX. In Touch with Labour XXI. A Peep into the Ashram XXII. The Fast XXIII. The Kheda Satyagraha XXIV. ‘The Onion Thief’ XXV. End of Kheda Satyagraha XXVI. Passion for Unity XXVII. Recruiting Campaign XXVIII. Near Death’s Door XXIX. The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma XXX. That Wonderful Spectacle! XXXI. That Memorable Week!–I XXXII. That Memorable Week!–II XXXIII. ‘A Himalayan Miscalculation’ XXXIV. ‘Navajivan’ and ‘Young India’ XXXV. In the Punjab XXXVI. The Khilafat Against Cow-Protection? XXXVII. The Amritsar Congress XXXVIII. Congress Initiation XXXIX. The Birth of Khadi XL. Found at Last! XLI. An Instructive Dialogue XLII. Its Rising tide XLIII. At Nagpur FAREWELL Editor’s Acknowledgements Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z